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Autonomy, Freedom and Rights
Emilio Santoro
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Paperback. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JPA; LAB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Series
Law and Philosophy Library
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048163304
SKU
V9789048163304
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