Democratic Anthropology: Freedom, Dignity, and Agency

The article analyzes Eddie Glaude Jr.'s concept of democratic anthropology, which rejects extreme individualism and structural determinism. The author defines the human being as a relational subject—dependent, yet capable of self-creation through self-assumption and critical diagnosis of reality. A key element is the redefinition of freedom: from the absence of obstacles, through real capabilities, to the absence of domination and arbitrary power. This freedom manifests as effective co-authorship of one's own life, protecting against treating a human being solely as a resource or a cost. The text emphasizes that the dignity of subjectivity requires recognizing the individual as a person with their own goals, rather than just a statistical user profile in labor systems and AI technology.