Domination persists wherever cultural and institutional safeguards are absent, not only under explicit tyranny

Evidence

What contemporary relationships might illustrate the domination of some by others, with the associated effects on subjectivity and status? We have already got some sense of examples. In the absence of a culture of children’s rights and appropriate guards against child abuse, parents individually or jointly will enjoy subjugating power over their children. In the absence of a culture of equal rights that is supportive of battered wives, husbands will enjoy such power over their spouses. In the absence of other employment opportunities and appropriate controls—say, those that a vigilant union might guarantee—employers and managers will enjoy subjugating power over their workers. In the absence of countervailing powers, creditors will often enjoy dominating power over their debtors (Ransom and Sutch 1977: ch. 8). In the absence of possibilities of appeal or review, bureaucrats and police will certainly enjoy that power over members of the public. And in the absence of some forums and procedures for dealing with minority grievances, a mainstream government may well dominate those in various marginalized groups. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 318

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Cultural domination has real effects without being all-powerful or all-inclusive; Cultural domination persists through the colonized’s own consent, not force alone — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 822; Ideological control persists even in a classless society — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 639 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Cultural domination has real effects without being all-powerful or all-inclusive #corroborates (0.85)
• Cultural domination persists through the colonized’s own consent, not force alone #qualifies (0.80) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 822
• Ideological control persists even in a classless society #corroborates (0.80) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 639
• Criminal law curbs domination only through cultural backup #corroborates (0.80) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 705
• Cultural domination by the master, not material scarcity, explains oppression #corroborates (0.80) — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 723
• Oppressive habits persist inside revolutions as cultural remnants of the old society. #corroborates (0.80) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 505