The politics of voluntariness in modern history: introduction.
The introduction to the theme issue on the Politics of Voluntariness in Modern History starts by discussing the origins and uses of the liberal discourse on voluntariness in the seventeenth century. It was during this period that philosophers and politicians began to present voluntariness as specifi...
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=183969368&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 183969368 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13642529 5C5 jtl: Rethinking History issn: 13642529 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2025 vid: 29 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 183969368 10.1080/13642529.2024.2426953 ppf: 1 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 290KB tig: atl: The politics of voluntariness in modern history: introduction. aug: au: Martschukat, Jürgen Oeser, Alexandra affil: History, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany Sociology, University Paris-Nanterre, Nanterre, France su: Volunteer service Liberalism Authoritarianism Philosophers Germany sug: subj: Germany Volunteer service Liberalism Authoritarianism Philosophers keyword: dictatorships liberalism politics Switzerland United States Voluntariness ab: The introduction to the theme issue on the Politics of Voluntariness in Modern History starts by discussing the origins and uses of the liberal discourse on voluntariness in the seventeenth century. It was during this period that philosophers and politicians began to present voluntariness as specific to liberalism. By the same token, voluntariness and authoritarian rule have been declared incompatible. This introduction and the papers in the theme issue critically discuss the exclusive linkage of voluntariness and liberalism – an interpretation that fails to capture authoritarian governing in its entirety, while ignoring compulsory and exclusionary practices in liberal societies. This theme issue shows voluntariness to be essential to policies and political practices in both liberal and illiberal societies. Political practices are at the core of our articles: amid a web of actors, institutions, discourses, and expectations, the individual means and capacity to act voluntarily, make choices, and overcome constraints are historically and socially variable. The introduction and the theme issue explore this variability to illuminate how voluntariness operates as a driving force for political practices in liberal and illiberal societies, drawing on case studies from German, Swiss, and U.S.-American history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Rethinking History is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Rethinking History holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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