Is there a proper way to use the voluntary servitude hypothesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5789663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miguel Abensour (Université Paris Cité, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 329-348 |
| Publication date | 2011-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Political Ideologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-9317 • E-ISSN: 1469-9613 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13569317.2011.607299 |
| OpenAlex | W2038030702 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
This article explores the problem of voluntary servitude identified by Etienne de La Boétie in his Discours de la servitude volontaire. The article argues that there is a wrong way and a right way to interpret La Boétie's claim that we voluntarily submit to the power of the tyrant. The wrong way-promulgated by a whole tradition of western political philosophy-uses the voluntary servitude thesis to make a claim about the inevitability of domination and the unsuitability of people for self-rule, thus obscuring its true emancipatory gesture. The right way to use La Boétie's thesis is to lead us on an investigation of the risks and pitfalls we must avoid in our pursuit of liberty
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Desire, Friendship, and the Politics of Refusal
Reading Machiavelli and La Boétie with Lefort
Étienne de La Boétie's Sociological Insights and the Dual Nature of Obedience
Freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be, or what we learned from Gezi Park
Democracy against the State
History of political thought at a standstill
Étienne de La Boétie and the Politics of Alterity
La Boétie and republican liberty
Power, Freedom and Obedience in Foucault and La Boétie
| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |