Freedom can also be productive: the historical inversions of 'the conduct of conduct'

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)252-272
Number of pages22
JournalJournal of Political Power
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 May 2018

Keywords

  • Michel Foucault
  • Judith Butler
  • Hannah Arendt
  • parrhesia
  • performativity

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