Freedom can be defined through domination rather than through respect for others.

Evidence

The freedom enjoyed by these Germanic warriors was essentially the freedom of egoism, of greed—a taste for battle, conquest, and plunder. The freedom of these warriors is not the freedom of tolerance and equality for all; it is a freedom that can be exercised only through domination. Far from being a freedom based upon respect, it is, in other words, a freedom based upon ferocity. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 164

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces a counter-definition of freedom (“freedom based upon ferocity”) that breaks with the modern liberal equation of freedom with tolerance and equality.
• XREF: Prefigures the agonistic, power-based conception of social relations that underwrites the Islamophobia field’s critique of liberal neutrality. — connects to: Domination seeks control while leadership concords interests with other groups; Unlimited individual freedom breeds new repression through natural inequality — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 534; Domination without leadership constitutes dictatorship without hegemony (+16 more)

Related

• Freedom from domination rests on normative respect, not fear of sanctions. (similarity 0.81)
• Freedom as non-domination protects against the goodwill of others turning sour. (similarity 0.80)
• The system’s celebrated freedoms function as instruments of domination (similarity 0.80)
• Freedom as non-domination, unlike non-interference, cannot be fully enjoyed by one person alone (similarity 0.79)
• Freedom can be reconceived as non-domination rather than non-interference or self-mastery (similarity 0.79)
• Administered life appears as the good life so domination looks like freedom (similarity 0.79)
• Freedom as non-domination is a universal primary good requiring state action to secure. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Domination seeks control while leadership concords interests with other groups #expands (0.85)
• Unlimited individual freedom breeds new repression through natural inequality #qualifies (0.80) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 534
• Domination without leadership constitutes dictatorship without hegemony #complicates (0.80)