Liberal autonomy is class-stratified and state-regulated rather than universal

Evidence

Nevertheless, one can draw out a conclusion from Skovgaard-Petersen that he leaves implicit but which I consider especially important for my story. The individual is now encouraged—in morality as well as in law— to govern himself or herself, as befits the citizen of a secular, liberal society. But two points should be borne in mind in relation to this conclusion. First, this autonomy depends on conditions that are themselves subject to regulation by the law of the state and to the demands of a market economy. Second, the encouragement to become autonomous is primarily directed at the upper classes. The lower classes, constituted as the objects of social welfare and political control, are placed in a more ambiguous situation. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 1085 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Early liberal parliamentarism presupposed an elite excluding universal suffrage — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 450; Universal provision as a right necessarily implies centralized state administration — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 387; Neutral liberal states channel citizens toward one homogeneous capitalist form of life. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 44 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Secular liberal autonomy is class-stratified and state-regulated, not universal. #corroborates (0.99) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 1085
• Autonomy as a secular-liberal ideal is class-differentiated and state-regulated #corroborates (0.97)