The Empire of Women
Rousseau on Domination and Sexuality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21395239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L A Watson (0000-0001-7638-0538, corresponding author), Lori Watson (0000-0001-9875-3630) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 158-181 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Southern Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-4283 • E-ISSN: 2041-6962 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjp.12505 |
| OpenAlex | W4366392629 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Jean‐Jacques Rousseau's works are often a touchstone and inspiration for many when it comes to thinking carefully about domination. We find Rousseau‐inspired analyses across a wide range of political theories centering the concept of domination, from republicanism, liberalism, and Marxism to critical theory, feminisms, and beyond. This article aims to raise questions about a powerful, prevailing, and compelling reading of Rousseau's conception of domination. Beyond that, I hope to offer further insight into the components of his view of domination by centering his account of sexuality as a domination/subordination relation. Ultimately, I suggest that Rousseau's considered view is that domination is a matter of being in a dependency relation. In other words, to be dependent upon others (whether a particular other or group of others) is sufficient for being dominated. However, not all domination relations are illegitimate. Both sexuality and the specific case of forming a social compact are sites of domination relations that can be rendered legitimate under certain conditions
Epistemology · Human sexuality · Liberalism · Linguistics · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Reading (process) · Relation (database) · Sociology · Subordination (linguistics) · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |