David Casassas
Biographic Data
| ID | 285783 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Casassas |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Casassas |
| SIGNATURE | CASASSAS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7284-7986 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Universal Basic Income Within a Just Eco‐Social Transition
This article examines the potential of Universal Basic Income (UBI) to support a just eco‐social transition by enabling the emergence of new emancipatory social imaginaries and practices. Against the backdrop of ecological breakdown and deepening precarity under global capitalism, it explores how UBI may function as a democratic tool for socio‐ecological transformation. The argument centers on recent contributions that advocate for a UBI‐centered…
Towards equal creative freedom
This article explores the implications of Universal Basic Income (UBI) in the artistic sector. Firstly, it presents the tensions between artistic autonomy and the market. Secondly, it showcases some demands that have been put forward by artists responding to neoliberal precarization. Thirdly, it focuses on competing understandings of human action, artistic creation and what effectively contributing to society is, and explores the potentiality of …
Unconditional Freedom
When automation hits home
Technological change is causing major transformations in the nature of work and the labor market. As a result, there is a growing interest in studying the relationship between automation of jobs and attitudes toward universal basic income as a potential solution to address the socioeconomic challenges posed by technological advancements. Hence, the exploration of a universal basic income and other innovative ways to restructure the welfare state …
Property as a Fiduciary Relationship and the Extension of Economic Democracy
During the last two centuries, property understood as an exclusive and unlimited dominion became common sense. Before, the idea of property as a fiduciary relationship, which is still present in contemporary social constitutionalism, was closely linked to the view that the exercise of freedom entails the capacity to shape those property rights that channel socioeconomic life. Today, new ways to operationalise such an approach must be found. This …
De ingresos y pedazos de tierra
El debate sobre la "predistribución", que ya permea múltiples ámbitos de las ciencias sociales, no parece ser una moda pasajera. ¿Pero es una propuesta exenta de problemas? Sin lugar a duda, la idea de predistribución -el establecimiento de marcos reguladores que permitan una amplia participación social en el seno de una vida económica "civilizada"- tiene un gran potencial para el pensamiento democrático. Pero el aspecto más políticamente promete…
Economic Sovereignty as the Democratization of Work
Let us understand economic democracy as the fourfold capacity (i) to decide what social relations we wish to “enter” in order to work; (ii) to determine the (im)material nature of the space where we decide to stay and work, which requires the capacity of having a “voice” that is effectively listened to; (iii) to opt for “exiting” this space in case its nature and functioning go against what we wish for our lives; and (iv) in case we opt for leavi…
Republicanism and the political economy of democracy
Europe is experiencing rapidly accelerating poverty and social exclusion, following half a decade of financial crisis and austerity politics. The key problem behind Europe's malaise, in our view, is the economic disenfranchisement of large parts of its population in the winner-takes-all-society. This article proposes that we examine the contribution of republican political theory as a distinctive approach that provides us with the conceptual and …
Modernity and capitalism
The terms modernity and capitalism remain in widespread use to characterize contemporary societies, but the distinction between them is much less antagonistic in current social theory than it used to be when a theory of 'modern society' was opposed to the theory of 'late capitalism'. Rather than seeing societies either on an evolutionary trajectory realizing the functionally efficient institutionalization of freedom or as determined by increasing…
A life of one’s own
This article outlines a republican perspective on disability. We argue that a commitment to ensuring the republican freedom of disabled citizens offers a promising account of what disabled citizens are owed as a matter of justice. A republican perspective offers a particular diagnosis of the injustice of disability disadvantage, both in relation to individuals (dominium) and the state (imperium), that is congenial to prominent concerns voiced by …
Basic Income and the Republican Ideal
Pettit, Philip (1993). The Common Mind
Ressenya de l'obra de Philip Pettit apareguda el 1993, The Common Mind: An Essay on Psychology, Society and Politics. Nueva York: Oxford University Press.Ressenya de l'obra de Philip Pettit apareguda el 1997, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government. Nueva York: Oxford University Press.Ressenya de l'obra de Philip Pettit apareguda el 2001, A Theory of Freedom: From the Psychology to the Politics of Agency. Nueva York: Oxford University P…
Sociologías de la elección y nociones de libertad
Otorgar un sentido político consciente a los mecanismos y dispositivos en los que toman cuerpo las políticas sociales es algo que exige considerar la descripción de la vida social desde la que éstas, con mayor o menor conciencia de ello, arrancan. La forma en que la filosofía política contemporánea se ha acercado a la propuesta de la Renta Básica constituye un ejemplo especialmente revelador de dicha cuestión. En este texto se presentará, en prim…
"La renta básica y el poder de negociación de "los que viven con permiso de otros
Sin independencia socioeconómica no hay libertad. Las grandes desigualdades generan inmensas desproporciones de poder. Las grandes asimetrías de poder que existen en nuestras sociedades dan lugar a un problema de falta de libertad real para una gran parte de la población. Esta parte de la población, nada insignificante desde el punto de vista numérico, no tiene garantizada la existencia ciudadana puesto que carece de libertad como no-dominación. …
Republicanism and the political economy of democracy
Europe is experiencing rapidly accelerating poverty and social exclusion, following half a decade of financial crisis and austerity politics. The key problem behind Europe's malaise, in our view, is the economic disenfranchisement of large parts of its population in the winner-takes-all-society. This article proposes that we examine the contribution of republican political theory as a distinctive approach that provides us with the conceptual and …
Property as a Fiduciary Relationship and the Extension of Economic Democracy
During the last two centuries, property understood as an exclusive and unlimited dominion became common sense. Before, the idea of property as a fiduciary relationship, which is still present in contemporary social constitutionalism, was closely linked to the view that the exercise of freedom entails the capacity to shape those property rights that channel socioeconomic life. Today, new ways to operationalise such an approach must be found. This …
When automation hits home
Technological change is causing major transformations in the nature of work and the labor market. As a result, there is a growing interest in studying the relationship between automation of jobs and attitudes toward universal basic income as a potential solution to address the socioeconomic challenges posed by technological advancements. Hence, the exploration of a universal basic income and other innovative ways to restructure the welfare state …
A life of one’s own
This article outlines a republican perspective on disability. We argue that a commitment to ensuring the republican freedom of disabled citizens offers a promising account of what disabled citizens are owed as a matter of justice. A republican perspective offers a particular diagnosis of the injustice of disability disadvantage, both in relation to individuals (dominium) and the state (imperium), that is congenial to prominent concerns voiced by …
Sociologías de la elección y nociones de libertad
Otorgar un sentido político consciente a los mecanismos y dispositivos en los que toman cuerpo las políticas sociales es algo que exige considerar la descripción de la vida social desde la que éstas, con mayor o menor conciencia de ello, arrancan. La forma en que la filosofía política contemporánea se ha acercado a la propuesta de la Renta Básica constituye un ejemplo especialmente revelador de dicha cuestión. En este texto se presentará, en prim…
"La renta básica y el poder de negociación de "los que viven con permiso de otros
Sin independencia socioeconómica no hay libertad. Las grandes desigualdades generan inmensas desproporciones de poder. Las grandes asimetrías de poder que existen en nuestras sociedades dan lugar a un problema de falta de libertad real para una gran parte de la población. Esta parte de la población, nada insignificante desde el punto de vista numérico, no tiene garantizada la existencia ciudadana puesto que carece de libertad como no-dominación. …
"La renta básica y el poder de negociación de "los que viven con permiso de otros
Sin independencia socioeconómica no hay libertad. Las grandes desigualdades generan inmensas desproporciones de poder. Las grandes asimetrías de poder que existen en nuestras sociedades dan lugar a un problema de falta de libertad real para una gran parte de la población. Esta parte de la población, nada insignificante desde el punto de vista numérico, no tiene garantizada la existencia ciudadana puesto que carece de libertad como no-dominación. …
Sociologías de la elección y nociones de libertad
Otorgar un sentido político consciente a los mecanismos y dispositivos en los que toman cuerpo las políticas sociales es algo que exige considerar la descripción de la vida social desde la que éstas, con mayor o menor conciencia de ello, arrancan. La forma en que la filosofía política contemporánea se ha acercado a la propuesta de la Renta Básica constituye un ejemplo especialmente revelador de dicha cuestión. En este texto se presentará, en prim…
Pettit, Philip (1993). The Common Mind
Ressenya de l'obra de Philip Pettit apareguda el 1993, The Common Mind: An Essay on Psychology, Society and Politics. Nueva York: Oxford University Press.Ressenya de l'obra de Philip Pettit apareguda el 1997, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government. Nueva York: Oxford University Press.Ressenya de l'obra de Philip Pettit apareguda el 2001, A Theory of Freedom: From the Psychology to the Politics of Agency. Nueva York: Oxford University P…
Basic Income and the Republican Ideal
A life of one’s own
This article outlines a republican perspective on disability. We argue that a commitment to ensuring the republican freedom of disabled citizens offers a promising account of what disabled citizens are owed as a matter of justice. A republican perspective offers a particular diagnosis of the injustice of disability disadvantage, both in relation to individuals (dominium) and the state (imperium), that is congenial to prominent concerns voiced by …
Economic Sovereignty as the Democratization of Work
Let us understand economic democracy as the fourfold capacity (i) to decide what social relations we wish to “enter” in order to work; (ii) to determine the (im)material nature of the space where we decide to stay and work, which requires the capacity of having a “voice” that is effectively listened to; (iii) to opt for “exiting” this space in case its nature and functioning go against what we wish for our lives; and (iv) in case we opt for leavi…
Republicanism and the political economy of democracy
Europe is experiencing rapidly accelerating poverty and social exclusion, following half a decade of financial crisis and austerity politics. The key problem behind Europe's malaise, in our view, is the economic disenfranchisement of large parts of its population in the winner-takes-all-society. This article proposes that we examine the contribution of republican political theory as a distinctive approach that provides us with the conceptual and …
Modernity and capitalism
The terms modernity and capitalism remain in widespread use to characterize contemporary societies, but the distinction between them is much less antagonistic in current social theory than it used to be when a theory of 'modern society' was opposed to the theory of 'late capitalism'. Rather than seeing societies either on an evolutionary trajectory realizing the functionally efficient institutionalization of freedom or as determined by increasing…
Property as a Fiduciary Relationship and the Extension of Economic Democracy
During the last two centuries, property understood as an exclusive and unlimited dominion became common sense. Before, the idea of property as a fiduciary relationship, which is still present in contemporary social constitutionalism, was closely linked to the view that the exercise of freedom entails the capacity to shape those property rights that channel socioeconomic life. Today, new ways to operationalise such an approach must be found. This …
De ingresos y pedazos de tierra
El debate sobre la "predistribución", que ya permea múltiples ámbitos de las ciencias sociales, no parece ser una moda pasajera. ¿Pero es una propuesta exenta de problemas? Sin lugar a duda, la idea de predistribución -el establecimiento de marcos reguladores que permitan una amplia participación social en el seno de una vida económica "civilizada"- tiene un gran potencial para el pensamiento democrático. Pero el aspecto más políticamente promete…
Unconditional Freedom
When automation hits home
Technological change is causing major transformations in the nature of work and the labor market. As a result, there is a growing interest in studying the relationship between automation of jobs and attitudes toward universal basic income as a potential solution to address the socioeconomic challenges posed by technological advancements. Hence, the exploration of a universal basic income and other innovative ways to restructure the welfare state …
Universal Basic Income Within a Just Eco‐Social Transition
This article examines the potential of Universal Basic Income (UBI) to support a just eco‐social transition by enabling the emergence of new emancipatory social imaginaries and practices. Against the backdrop of ecological breakdown and deepening precarity under global capitalism, it explores how UBI may function as a democratic tool for socio‐ecological transformation. The argument centers on recent contributions that advocate for a UBI‐centered…
Towards equal creative freedom
This article explores the implications of Universal Basic Income (UBI) in the artistic sector. Firstly, it presents the tensions between artistic autonomy and the market. Secondly, it showcases some demands that have been put forward by artists responding to neoliberal precarization. Thirdly, it focuses on competing understandings of human action, artistic creation and what effectively contributing to society is, and explores the potentiality of …
Political science (10 works) · Law (7 works) · Political Economy and Marxism (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Basic income (5 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Economic and Social Development (3 works) · Economic system (3 works)