La libertad de los dominados: Aporte y límites de la teoría del poder de John Searle

Beytía Pablo ()
Additional contact information
Beytía Pablo: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago

Estudios Públicos, 2014, issue 135, 131-147

Abstract: Theories about power present a theoretical dilemma. Some believe that the greater an agent’s degree of power is, less will be the freedom of those subject to that agent. Others suggest just the opposite: greater freedom of the dominated implies a greater power of the dominant agent. This article reviews John Searle’s theory of power and identifies elements that could contribute to this discussion. Searle’s theory does not accept the elimination of will in the subjugated agents, but it does consider that they have a reduced 'negative' liberty. Searle does not ask whether said agents’ freedom might possibly increase, which explains the theoretical invisibility of some relevant processes in power.

Keywords: Power; freedom; domination; coaction; John Searle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Y8 Y80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://estudiospublicos.cl/index.php/cep/article/view/234 (text/html)
https://estudiospublicos.cl/index.php/cep/article/view/234/271 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cpt:journl:v::y:2014:i:135:p:131-147

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Estudios Públicos from Centro de Estudios Públicos Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Aldo Mascareño ().