A socialist republican theory of freedom and government

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ID6260269
AuthorsJanine Muldoon (0000-0003-3307-1318, University of Exeter, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume21
Issue1
Pages47-67
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Political Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1474-8851 • E-ISSN: 1741-2730
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1474885119847606
OpenAlexW2946105023
LanguageEN
Citations received48
References cited26

In response to the republican revival of the ideal of freedom as non-domination, a number of ‘radical’, ‘labour’ and ‘workplace’ republicans have criticised the limitations of Philip Pettit’s account of freedom and government. This article proposes that the missing link in these debates is the relationship between republicanism and socialism. Seeking to bring this connection back into view in historical and theoretical terms, the article draws from contemporary radical republicans and the writings of Karl Kautsky and Rosa Luxemburg to propose a socialist republican theory of freedom and government. This consists of a conception of freedom as collective autonomy and a participatory democratic vision of a decentralised state with parliamentary institutions, the rule of law, worker-controlled workplaces, community-directed investment and a political culture of solidarity and public-spiritedness. This theory of socialist republicanism seeks to overcome the weaknesses and limitations of each respective independent theory and should appeal to republicans and socialists alike

Appeal · Autonomy · Communism · Democracy · Ideal (ethics · Individualism · Law and economics · Political economy · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · Solidarity · State (computer science · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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