“Structural” domination? How republicanism is grappling with economic and social inequalities
Spitz, Jean-Fabien
“Structural” domination? How republicanism is grappling with economic and social inequalities - 2023.
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Neo-republicanism defines freedom not as the absence of interference but as the absence of domination. By domination, it means personal domination, that is, that which an agent or group of agents intentionally exercises over another agent or group of agents. But, in our societies, can’t we find dominations without agents, dominations which are sometimes called “structural” because they arise from the asymmetrical structure of property rights? Drawing on the work of Philip Pettit, Alex Gourevitch and Sharon Krause, the article challenges the republican definition of domination and, therefore, that of the emancipation that citizens can expect in a truly free society.
“Structural” domination? How republicanism is grappling with economic and social inequalities - 2023.
70
Neo-republicanism defines freedom not as the absence of interference but as the absence of domination. By domination, it means personal domination, that is, that which an agent or group of agents intentionally exercises over another agent or group of agents. But, in our societies, can’t we find dominations without agents, dominations which are sometimes called “structural” because they arise from the asymmetrical structure of property rights? Drawing on the work of Philip Pettit, Alex Gourevitch and Sharon Krause, the article challenges the republican definition of domination and, therefore, that of the emancipation that citizens can expect in a truly free society.
Réseaux sociaux