Contextualized freedom and normative meanings in Foucault

Authors

  • Bruno Sciberras de Carvalho UFRJ

Keywords:

Foucault, Liberty, Domination, Normative Theory

Abstract

The topic of liberty in Foucault becomes controversial when related to the objections, predicted by the author, for the subjects to be located outside the power networks. However, Foucault also points out potential for resistance and a notion of freedom involved by historical circumstances, which suggests original normative questions. In order to analyze the tension between domination and freedom in his work, and what is normatively reflected, two main directions are noted: the idea of freedom as something inherent in power relations and as the foundation of the critical exercise of knowledge. It is argued that Foucault`s estimation of dimensions of freedom generates singular implications of evaluation of social conditions based on a normative temperance.

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Author Biography

Bruno Sciberras de Carvalho, UFRJ

Professor Associado do Departamento de Ciência Política da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brasil. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5239-1443.

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Aceito: 24/02/2023

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2023-06-15

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Sciberras de Carvalho, B. (2023). Contextualized freedom and normative meanings in Foucault. TRANS/FORM/AÇÃO: Revista De Filosofia, 46(3), 79–98. Retrieved from https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/transformacao/article/view/13664

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