Abstract
The Foucauldian conception of power as ‘productive’ has left us so far with a residual conception of freedom. The article examines a number of historical cases in which ‘relationships of freedom’ have potentially come into existence within Western culture, from ‘revolution’ and ‘political truth-telling’ to ‘cynicism’ and ‘civility’. But the argument is not just about demonstrating that there have in fact been many historical inversions of ‘the conduct of conduct’. It is about theorizing how freedom can be ‘productive’ or give rise to cultural norms if any such inversion can only come into being as an event in itself.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 252-272 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Journal of Political Power |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 May 2018 |
Keywords
- Michel Foucault
- Judith Butler
- Hannah Arendt
- parrhesia
- performativity