Doesn't the practice of practices of freedom presuppose a certain degree of liberation??
M.F.: “And, absolut. At this point one must introduce the concept of domination. The analyses, that I'm trying to do, essentially focus on power relations. By that I mean something other than relationships of domination. Relations of power have an extraordinarily large extent in human relations. Now this is not meant to say, that political power is everywhere, but that in human relations there is a whole bundle of power relations ….
… the analysis of power relations forms an extremely complex field; she bumps into something sometimes, which can be described as states of domination, in which the power relations, instead of being changeable and allowing the various players to strategize, which they change, rather blocked. When an individual or a social group succeeds, to block a field of power relations, to make them immobile and rigid and to prevent any reversal of movement – through the use of instruments, which are both more economical, be political or military in nature – then you are faced with something, which can be described as a state of domination. Certainly, in such a state, the practices of freedom do not exist, or they exist only one-sidedly, or they are extremely restricted and limited.”