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Revolutions within: self-government and self-esteem
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This paper is about the relationship between power and subjectivity in a democracy, about the lines between subjectivity and subjection, democracy and despotism. The ability of the democratic citizen to generate a politically able self depends upon technologies of subjectivity which link personal goals and desires to social order and stability, which link power an subjectivity. I begin with the contemporary self-esteem movement spearheaded by feminist Gloria Steinem and California legislator John Vasconcellos to show that programs which attempt to enhance the subjectivity of women and the poor-strategies of empowerment, self-help, and democratic participation - are also practical techniques for the subjection of individuals. I go on to outline a history of the present ‘state of esteem’ beginning with the work of Alexis de Tocqueville. I locate the emergence of democratic self-governance in the advent of the social as a sphere of governability and expertise.
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- Authors
- Cruikshank, B.
- Venue
- Economy and Society
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1993-08
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 327-344
- ISSN
- 0308-5147 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-5766
- OpenAlex
- W2110659628
- Cited by
- 401
- References
- 19
- FWCI
- 9.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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