Power as the Will to Liberation: Philosophical and Anthropological Aspects

  • Sergey S. Chernykh M.I. Platov South-Russian State Technical University, Novocherkassk s.s.chernykh@mail.ru
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Chernykh S.S. Power as the Will to Liberation: Philosophical and Anthropological Aspects. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2018. Vol. 7. No. 2. P. 205-213. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23683/2227-8656.2018.2.17

Abstract

The article analyzes power, considered through the prism of anthropogenic will, aimed at liberation from both natural dependence and human exploitation by man. In this regard, it is noted that the theme of permanent liberation of man continues to be in the plane of the problems of exploitation and alienated labor. It is demonstrated that the desire for freedom, in many respects connected with the thirst for novelty, is an important motive for the struggle for power. In conclusion of the article, the author underlines, that the duality in power from the anthropological perspective, which in its quest for liberation from natural dependence, in turn, gives rise to its even greater dependence on technology and operational control, thereby setting new contours of the struggle.
Keywords:
power as will, dialectics of power and freedom, motives for power struggle, lib-eration from natural dependence, liberation from exploitation of man by man

Author Biography

Sergey S. Chernykh, M.I. Platov South-Russian State Technical University, Novocherkassk
Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor

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Chernykh, S. S. (2018). Power as the Will to Liberation: Philosophical and Anthropological Aspects. Humanities of the South of Russia, 7(2), 205-213. https://doi.org/10.23683/2227-8656.2018.2.17
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PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY