SECTION 1 125 pages
In the first part of the book (Section 1) we will make clear the notion of “tutelarity” and some of its challenges. For that goal we have to systematically analyze the foundational cognitive and social notions necessary for a well grounded definition and theory of “tutelarity”: Goals, Powers, Dependence, Interests, Goal-Adoption, Trust.
Tutelary Relations: definition, grounding and misunderstandings
0. Premise and Introduction
0.1 Premise
0.2 Organization
0.3 Subject
0.4 “Paternalism”?
Ch. 1. Tutelary Relations: definition and grounding
1.1 The “gnoseological deficit”
1.2 Goal-Theory and the notion of 'Interests'
1.3 Rationality of Actions contrary to our Interests
1.4 Defining ‘tutelary’
1.5 Tutelary Faces
1.6 Paradoxical and Insincere/Unintended Tutelage 1.7 Attitude vs. Role and Action
1.8 Paternalism?
1.8.1 A fundamental, beautiful, unavoidable relation
Ch. 2 Tutelarity as a Forms of Help Based on Dependency
2.1 ‘Goal- Adoption’: the general theory of doing something for the others
2.1.1 Reasons for Goal-Adoption
2.1.2 Goal-Adhesion
2.1.3 Level of Goal-Adoption beyond Delegation
2.1.4 Tutelary Risks already in Goal-Adoption
2.1.5 Interests Adoption
2.1.6 ‘Over’ and ‘Critical’ Help as Tutelary
2.1.7 Y's side in Tutelary influence
2.2 The Other Side of Goal-Adoption: Y’s Dependence
2.2.1 What is ‘Dependence’ and its relation with tutelarity
- From Dependence to Social Power over the other
- Subjective dependence
2.2.2 Autonomy: kinds and degrees
2.2.3 Autonomy and Freedom not “from” but “due to”
- ‘Power’ and ‘freedom’
2.2.4 Dialectic view of Dependence
2.2.5 “Rights” as tutelary protection of ‘interests’
2.3 Goal-Adoption as X’s “Influencing Power”
2.3.1 Functions of “mind-reading”
2.3.2 An Open Issue on Y’s side: Forms of influence and “Free Decision”
- Do I Really Have “choice”?
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Manipulation
Ch. 3 Faces and Minds of Tutelage Relation
3.1 X’s Side and Mind
3.1.1 Tutelarity is not Empathy
3.1.2 X’s reasons for a Tutelary role
3.1.3 Value Foundation of Tutelary relations
3.1.4 Tutor’s motives
3.1.5 Not just motives but functions
3.2 Forms of “Taking care of”
A) Protection from yourself B) Protection from the others
3.3. A crucial distinction in Tutelary Role
3.4 Y’s Side and Mind
3.4.1 Non fully understood tutelary influence
3.4.2 From ‘external’ to ‘internal’ goals
3.4.3 “The servant knoweth not what his lord doeth”
3.4.4 Our Goals vs. our Functions: which have priority?
- Why are we workers and consumers
3.5 Y’s reasons for subjection and acceptance
3.5.1 Imposed or Spontaneous or Voluntary subjection and compliance
3.5.2 Our need for dependence
3.5.3 Emergent ‘order’
3.6 The needed and specific trust by Y
3.6.1 Advices
3.6.2 Presupposed Y’s Trust even in/for Tutelary Domination
3.6.3 Y’s Trust and Conflict
3.7 Tutelary Conflicts
3.7.1 Intra-Conflict. Multifaceted Interests of Y
3.7.2 Inter-Conflict
3.8 A hierarchical social relation?
3.8.1 Reverse and Reciprocal tutelarity
Ch. 4 The Nature of Power and its Complex Dynamics
4.1. Premise
4.1.1 A Distorted Perception of Power: Power as Domination.
4.1.2 Main issues
4.2 Cognitive and Pragmatic Foundation of Power Construct
4.2.1 A Misliding start point/perspective
4.2.2 A Basic Ontology of Individual Powers
4.2.3 Beyond “Basic” Powers: the Intention and Deliberation Components
4.2.4. From Personal Powers to Social Dependence
4.2.5 Towards Sociality: From Personal Powers to Social Powers
4.2.6 More complex relations
Command Power
Information Power
How Communication is/gives Power
4.3. Power Transfer, Appropriation, Circulation, and Multiplication
4.3.1 Propagation & Accumulation
4.3.2 Co-powers and the multiplication of powers
4.4. The Vicious Circles of Power 4.4.1 Poor people is sick, ignorant, inferior, ....
4.4.2 Basic “mechanisms”
4.4.3 The nice dynamics: “empowering” as an open process
4.5. Different faces of social power
4.5.1 Not aggression only
4.5.2 “La servitude volontaire”
4.5.3 “Spontaneous”?
4.5.4 A more dialectic view
4.6 Power “over” us but not necessarily “against” us
4.6.1 Soft Power
4.6.2 ‘Power over’ us is not necessarily against us.
4.6.3 We “should” rebel
4.6.4 Isn't the communication of power dialogic?
4.6.5 Depowering and Empowering
4.7 Empowerment
4.7.1 Powers that in principle cannot be ‘given’
4.7.2 Powers that must be ‘given’
Permission & “Rights”: the power of the weak
Powers that are mutually ‘given’
4.8 Powers that make us lose power. Paradoxical and problematic power dynamics
4.9 Leadership
4.9.1 The peculiar impact of Leadership
4.9.2. Advantages of a Leadership relation
4.9.3 Real Leadership and Hegemony
4.10 "Knowledge" as Power and Institution
4.10.1 Barriers in believing
4.10.2 The Power of Deception (Lie), and the Deceptive Nature of Power
4.11 The Greed for Power
4.11.1 Power can be accumulated and stored
4.11.2 Inequality 4.11.3 People empowering the institution (the Leviathan)
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