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... 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...

... 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 is to be reexamined in this light, not to resolve it, but to anticipate...

... 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...

... by Virilio as a form of “intoxication” that blurs our perception and causes us to descend into a form of “voluntary blindness” ( Virilio 1994 : 76). But there is a further dimension at work here. The images and imagery encountered on a daily basis during a time of war in the press, on billboards, and so...

... 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 “interest” suggests...