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Autonomy, Freedom and Rights|Emilio Santoro

Autonomy, Freedom and Rights : A Critique of Liberal Subjectivity

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Autonomy, viewed as a subject's autonomous designing of her own distinctive 'individuality', is not a constitutive problem for liberal theory. Since its earliest formulations, liberalism has taken it for granted that protecting rights is a sufficient guarantee for the primacy of individual subjectivity. The most dangerous legacy of the 'hierarchical-dualist' representation of the subject is the primacy given to reason in defining an individual's identity. For Santoro freedom is not a fixed measure. It is not the container of powers and rights defining an individual's role and identity. It is rather the outcome of a process whereby individuals continuously re-define the shape of their individuality. Freedom is everything that each of us manages to be in his or her active and uncertain opposition to external 'pressures'.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781402014048
  • ISBN-10: 140201404X
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publish Date: May 2003
  • Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.06 x 0.85 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.35 pounds
  • Page Count: 294

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