... of despotism, economy, and voluntary servitude. Discussing this nexus in an ancient context, the article turns to The Circle , a dystopic novel from 2013, which elaborates on how the attempt at creating a transparent society results in the perversion of democracy to the point where a despotism fueled...

..., to be so voluntarily cooperative, and to bend willingly, like nature, to whatever law we may impose, thus violating all legislation. When I refer to the object, and to its fundamental duplicity, I am referring to all of us and to our social and political order. The whole problem of voluntary servitude...

... it as follows: “The liberation championed in the 1960s was to become a form of voluntary servitude; sovereignty had passed from the side of the subject to the object; and revolution and emancipation had turned into their opposites, snaring one more and more in the logic of the system, thus trapping individuals...

... or her criminality or madness and henceforth recognize himself or herself in the “accusatory image” ( Didi-Huberman 2004 : 54). Thus where Georges Didi-Huberman’s account of this “invention” forces us to recognize the “catalogue of horrors” (34) and the combination of “servitude” and “abuse...

... based on force and intent on the “politicization of bare life” ( Agamben 1998: 8 ). The very premise of “interests,” especially of a self-interest that would drive people to seek voluntary submission rationally is misleading. Interests are not closed against the outside. The etymology of the word...