The employment relation was defined as the master’s arbitrary power

Evidence

Boulainvilliers describes the phenomenon of power not in juridical terms of sovereignty but in historical terms of domination and the play of relations of force. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 4931 (#expands, via linked claim)

For instance, what is called “authority” presupposes, in a much higher degree than is usually recognized, a freedom on the part of the person subjected to authority. Even where authority seems to “crush” him, it is based not only on coercion or compulsion to yield to it. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 4948 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Domination and relations of force replace juridical sovereignty as the lens on power — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 4931; Authority presupposes freedom in those subjected to it — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 4948; The person is defined as a free relation to oneself (+1 more)

Related

• Domination and relations of force replace juridical sovereignty as the lens on power (similarity 0.84)
• Classical employment itself constituted domination by the master’s will (similarity 0.79)
• Authority presupposes freedom in those subjected to it (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Domination and relations of force replace juridical sovereignty as the lens on power #expands (0.78) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 4931
• The person is defined as a free relation to oneself #contradicts (0.75)
• Authority presupposes freedom in those subjected to it #contradicts (0.72) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 4948