Full Idea
There is only one form of political community which offers any hope of resolving the conflict between authority and autonomy, and that is democracy. …It tries to extend the duty of autonomy to the realm of collective action.
Gist of Idea
Democracy is the only politics which might reconcile authority and autonomy
Source
Robert Paul Wolff (In Defence of Anarchism [1970], 2.1)
A Reaction
He is not including anarchism, which presumably demolishes the authority (just as totalitarians demolish the autonomy). He goes on to explore the democratic approach, and eventually rejects it.
Book Reference
Wolff,Robert Paul: 'In Defence of Anarchism' [Harper Torchbooks 1976], p.21