Can any of us ever really be free? Do we follow the rules our society gives us because we want to, or because we are forced to? This volume challenges the received wisdom that discipline and freedom are opposite and mutually exclusive. Though it is typically argued that a well-ordered liberal society must discipline its more unruly citizens to maintain freedom for all, Flathman shows how resistance to rules can mean more than criminals breaking laws. Resistance can also mean political protest and political dialogues about what the rules can be. Freedom and its Conditions draws on Foucault's...
Can any of us ever really be free? Do we follow the rules our society gives us because we want to, or because we are forced to? This volume challenges...
In Toward a Liberalism, Richard Flathman shows why and how political theory can contribute to the quality of moral and political practice without violating, as empiricist- and idealist-based theories tend to do, liberal commitments to individuality and plurality. Exploring the tense but inevitable relationship between liberalism and authority...
In Toward a Liberalism, Richard Flathman shows why and how political theory can contribute to the quality of moral and political practice without viol...
