The “commitments” of domination. An approach to Franz Neumann’s Behemoth
In this paper we will try to make explicit what are the main features that Franz Neumann –a member of the “outer” circle of the first Critical Theory– attributed to the socio-political domination. To approach this issue, it is necessary to review some of the central theses of his classic book on nat...
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oai:bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar:article-90102021-03-29T11:33:31Z The “commitments” of domination. An approach to Franz Neumann’s Behemoth Los “compromisos” de la dominación. Una aproximación al Behemoth de Franz Neumann Abril, Francisco In this paper we will try to make explicit what are the main features that Franz Neumann –a member of the “outer” circle of the first Critical Theory– attributed to the socio-political domination. To approach this issue, it is necessary to review some of the central theses of his classic book on national-socialism entitled Behemoth, paying special attention to his analysis on the destruction of legal rationality. We are particularly interested in answering the following question: in his proposal, is there a conception of domination that refers not only to coercion, but also to the consent and participation of dominated groups? In order to explain the different aspects of this question, we consider it necessary to recover the contributions made by Axel Honneth –one of the many contemporary theorists who seek to revalue Neumann’s work– in his book The Critique of Power. In that book Honneth mentions the existence of “bilateral relations of domination”. Here we will see that Neumann offers precisions to answer the problem of the so-called “bilateral domination”, but with important constraints. Constraints that could be overcome through a more comprehensive dialogue involving other members of the “outer” circle. This is a suggestion that we will make at the end of the article. En el presente artículo nos proponemos explicitar cuáles son las principales características que Franz Neumann –autor del círculo “externo” de la primera Teoría Crítica– le atribuye a la dominación socio-política. Para abordar esta cuestión es necesario reseñar algunas de las principales tesis de su clásico libro sobre el nacional-socialismo titulado Behemoth, prestando especial atención a su análisis relativo a la destrucción de la racionalidad jurídica. Nos interesa, puntualmente, responder a la siguiente pregunta: ¿hay en su propuesta una concepción de dominación que presuponga, además de coerción, consentimiento y participación de los grupos dominados? Para poder dar cuenta de las distintas aristas que detenta este interrogante, consideramos necesario retomar los aportes que hace Axel Honneth –uno de los tantos teóricos contemporáneos que instan a recuperar los estudios de Neumann– en su libro Crítica del poder, donde hace mención a la existencia de “relaciones bilaterales de dominio”. Aquí veremos que Neumann ofrece precisiones para responder al problema de la “dominación bilateral” –así lo llamaremos–, pero con limitaciones nada desdeñables. Limitaciones que, y ésta es una sugerencia que haremos al final del artículo, podrían sortearse a partir de un diálogo más abarcador que involucre a otros miembros del círculo “externo” ARFIL y UNL 2020-04-13 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion artículo Articulo info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo application/pdf application/xml https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/Topicos/article/view/9010 10.14409/topicos.v0i38.9010 Tópicos. Revista de Filosofía de Santa Fe; Núm. 38 (2019): Tópicos. Revista de Filosofía de Santa Fe; 1-26 Tópicos. Revista de Filosofía de Santa Fe; No 38 (2019): Tópicos. Revista de Filosofía de Santa Fe; 1-26 1668-723X 1666-485X 10.14409/topicos.v0i38 spa info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/ https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/Topicos/article/view/9010/12431 https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/Topicos/article/view/9010/12432 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Derechos de autor 2020 Tópicos. Revista de Filosofía de Santa Fe |
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In this paper we will try to make explicit what are the main features that Franz Neumann –a member of the “outer” circle of the first Critical Theory– attributed to the socio-political domination. To approach this issue, it is necessary to review some of the central theses of his classic book on national-socialism entitled Behemoth, paying special attention to his analysis on the destruction of legal rationality. We are particularly interested in answering the following question: in his proposal, is there a conception of domination that refers not only to coercion, but also to the consent and participation of dominated groups? In order to explain the different aspects of this question, we consider it necessary to recover the contributions made by Axel Honneth –one of the many contemporary theorists who seek to revalue Neumann’s work– in his book The Critique of Power. In that book Honneth mentions the existence of “bilateral relations of domination”. Here we will see that Neumann offers precisions to answer the problem of the so-called “bilateral domination”, but with important constraints. Constraints that could be overcome through a more comprehensive dialogue involving other members of the “outer” circle. This is a suggestion that we will make at the end of the article. |
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