Freedom of Crowds as a Mode of positive Liberty
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https://doi.org/10.24310/contrastes.30.2.2025.19713Keywords:
crowds, positive liberty, negative liberty, Elias Canetti, Isaiah BerlinAbstract
The present paper will argue that there is such a thing as a liberty of crowds, according to Elias Canetti’s work, and that it can be explained in conformity with the classification of the notions of freedom proposed by Isaiah Berlin. Firstly, the central concepts of the paper will be presented; secondly, an interpretation of the development of the berlinian concepts of freedom in Two Concepts of Liberty will be offered and justified; thirdly, it will be shown that liberty is a relevant characteristic of canettian crowds according to Crowds and Power; finally, it will be argued that it is appropriate and enlightening to consider a «liberty of crowds» as a third kind of positive liberty in coherence with Berlin’s classification.
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