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Should Socialists be Republicans?

Kandiyali, Jan

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Dr Jan Kandiyali jan.kandiyali@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor in Political Theory



Abstract

This paper presents a critique of left republican writings from a non-republican socialist standpoint. It examines three claims that have been advanced by left republican authors: that workers are dominated 1) by their lack of access to the means of production; 2) by the market; and 3) by their employer. With regard to 1) and 2), it argues that alternative conceptions of freedom can identify the unfreedom in question, and that there are good reasons for pressing these complaints on the basis of these alternative conceptions. With regard to 3), it argues that, while alternative conceptions of freedom may be able to identify the unfreedom in question, republican freedom provides a more suitable basis for pressing this claim. It concludes that while left republicans have shown that socialists have reason to care about republican freedom, they have not shown that socialists should adopt republican freedom at the expense of other conceptions of freedom.

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Kandiyali, J. (2022). Should Socialists be Republicans?. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2070834

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date May 11, 2022
Publication Date May 11, 2022
Deposit Date Jun 14, 2022
Publicly Available Date Aug 19, 2022
Journal Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
Print ISSN 1369-8230
Electronic ISSN 1743-8772
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2070834
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1201949

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