by Étienne de La Boétie · Quaderns Crema · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477273462
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Voluntary servitude is an essay by Étienne de La Boétie that explores the reasons why people voluntarily submit to tyranny. In this analysis, La Boétie examines the relationships of domination and servitude, arguing that the servitude of peoples is, in essence, voluntary. This edition includes two texts by Michel de Montaigne, a close friend of La Boétie, which complement the author's personal and intellectual profile, offering a complete vision of his philosophical and political thought, which remains relevant today.
Étienne or Estienne de La Boétie was a French magistrate, classicist, writer, poet and political theorist, best remembered for his relationship with essayist Michel de Montaigne. His early political treatise Discourse on Voluntary Servitude was posthumously adopted by the Huguenot movement and is sometimes seen as an early influence on modern anti-statist, utopian and civil disobedience thought.
