On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint Nelson Maggie
Now in paperback, an enduring work of criticism from one of the most important writers of our time.So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing…
Specifikacia On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint Nelson Maggie
Now in paperback, an enduring work of criticism from one of the most important writers of our time.So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to autonomy, justice, and well-being, or is freedom's long star turn coming to a close? Does a continued obsession with it enliven and emancipate, or reflect a deepening nihilism (or both)? On Freedom examines such questions by tracing the concept's complexities in four realms: art, sex, drugs, and climate.Drawing on a vast range of material, Maggie Nelson explores how we might think, experience, or talk about freedom in ways responsive to the conditions of our day. Her abiding interest lies in ongoing "practices of freedom" by which we negotiate our interrelation with others,