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Philosophies of freedom |
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Other Titles: |
From Marx and classical liberalism to Castoriadis, Foucault and the democracy of the commons |
Authors: |
Kioupkiolis, Alexandros |
Reviewer: |
Sevastakis, Nikolaos |
Subject: | LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL SCIENCES |
Keywords: |
Contemporary Political Theory
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Description: | |
Abstract: |
The subject of the text is first and foremost the study of different approaches to the concept of freedom in modern and contemporary political thought, and in particular in the works of C. Marx, I. Kant, A. Berlin, J. St. Mill, C. Castoriadis, M. Foucault, etc., and, subsequently, the connection of an interpretation of freedom with the contemporary debate on the "commons" and democracy. The first chapters will examine two crucial interpretations of freedom in the work of Marx and Kant and show how the attribution of fixed attributes to free persons limits the scope of free choice. Then, two traditional alternatives, negative freedom and J.S. St. Thomas' experimental freedom, are explored. Mill and demonstrate their shortcomings. The study of a fruitful consideration of freedom in contemporary thought is attempted, with the relevant work of K. Castoriadis and M. Foucault as a secondary focus. The contemporary notion of 'agonistic freedom' can be found in a wide range of political thought of recent decades, from theories of agonistic democracy to liberal pluralism and contemporary movements for global justice. It combines imagination, radical reflection, pluralism and the ongoing struggle against closed identities to further develop Marxist and liberal ideas. The book examines a range of political and philosophical issues that raise an agonistic vision of freedom that denies the existence of objective foundations in science, history and ethics. The last two chapters deal with the problematics of hegemony-antihegemony (E. Laklau, R. Dei, etc.) and the 'commons' in contemporary theory (E. Ostrom, etc.), i.e. collective resources that are subject to democratic collective management by local societies, in order to look for suitable political structures that could socially promote the idea of agonistic freedom.
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Graphic Editors: |
Bozionelos, Gavriil |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 2015 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-960-603-146-5 |
License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-550 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/4810 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Kioupkiolis, A. (2015). Philosophies of freedom [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-550 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. Μαρξ και ελευθερία 2. Καντ και αυτονομία 3. Η αρνητική ελευθερία, τα αρνητικά της και ο Τζων Στιούαρτ Μιλ 4. Κορνήλιος Καστοριάδης: αγωνιστικό υποκείμενο, φαντασιακή θέσμιση της κοινωνίας και δημιουργία 5. Ελευθερία, αγωνισμός και δημιουργική πράξη κατά τον Κορνήλιο Καστοριάδη 6. Michel Foucault και Αγωνιστική ελευθερία 7. Μετα-κριτικός φιλελευθερισμός και η αγωνιστική ελευθερία ως παράδειγμα σκέψης 8. Η ελευθερία από κοινού: ύστεροι αγώνες και αγωνίες 9. Τα κοινά και η δημοκρατία στην εποχή μας |
Number of pages |
300 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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