Autonomy, Freedom and Rights
A Critique of Liberal Subjectivity
Seiten
2010
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Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-6330-4 (ISBN)
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-6330-4 (ISBN)
The most dangerous legacy of the 'hierarchical-dualist' representation of the subject is the primacy given to reason in defining an individual's identity. It is rather the outcome of a process whereby individuals continuously re-define the shape of their individuality.
Autonomy, viewed as a subject's autonomous designing of her own distinctive 'individuality', is not a constitutive problem for liberal theory. Since its earliest formulations, liberalism has taken it for granted that protecting rights is a sufficient guarantee for the primacy of individual subjectivity. The most dangerous legacy of the 'hierarchical-dualist' representation of the subject is the primacy given to reason in defining an individual's identity. For Santoro freedom is not a fixed measure. It is not the container of powers and rights defining an individual's role and identity. It is rather the outcome of a process whereby individuals continuously re-define the shape of their individuality. Freedom is everything that each of us manages to be in his or her active and uncertain opposition to external 'pressures'.
Autonomy, viewed as a subject's autonomous designing of her own distinctive 'individuality', is not a constitutive problem for liberal theory. Since its earliest formulations, liberalism has taken it for granted that protecting rights is a sufficient guarantee for the primacy of individual subjectivity. The most dangerous legacy of the 'hierarchical-dualist' representation of the subject is the primacy given to reason in defining an individual's identity. For Santoro freedom is not a fixed measure. It is not the container of powers and rights defining an individual's role and identity. It is rather the outcome of a process whereby individuals continuously re-define the shape of their individuality. Freedom is everything that each of us manages to be in his or her active and uncertain opposition to external 'pressures'.
1. Individual Autonomy and Freedom.- 2. A Genealogical Approach.- 3. Neo-Contractarianism and the Double Order of Desires.- Conclusion.- References.
Reihe/Serie | Law and Philosophy Library ; 65 |
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Zusatzinfo | X, 294 p. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
ISBN-10 | 90-481-6330-7 / 9048163307 |
ISBN-13 | 978-90-481-6330-4 / 9789048163304 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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