voluntarism

is the doctrine that will is the basic factor, both in the universe and in human conduct.

the doctrine that will is the basic factor, both in the universe and in human conduct.'

is the notion that 'will' is the basic factor in all things (in the universe and in human conduct).

Will Durant defines voluntarism as 'the doctrine that will is the basic factor, both in the universe and in human conduct.' (The Story of Philosophy),

is the tendency to emphasize God's will and human freedom in all philosophical issue.

the tendency to emphasize God's will and human freedom in all philosophical issues.' DUNS SCOTUS

is the will of a dedicated elite triumphing over 'objective' restraints.

Jacobinism has, in this sense, connotations of the small but tightly-organised band of co-believers forcing the pace of history and refusing to accept such limitations to political strategy as the level of industrial development, class formation, culture and consciousness. It is often presented as being synonymous with voluntarism the will of a dedicated elite triumphing over such 'objective' restraints.

is wrongheaded in that it it gives the illusion that the agent's intentions are both transparent to her and unconstrained by external circumstances.

Bourdieu objects to voluntarism because it gives the illusion that the agent's intentions are both transparent to her and unconstrained by external circumstances when in fact 'only in imaginary experience (in the folk tale for example) which neutralizes the sense of social realities does the social world take the form of a universe of possibles equally possible for any possible subject' (Bourdieu, 1990: 65)

voluntarism, n.Definitions

voluntarism