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Another Freedom (Hardcover)
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Another Freedom (Hardcover)
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From political debates about global free markets to local free
lunches, today the word 'freedom' is in danger of becoming a
distorted and tired cliche. In "Another Freedom", Svetlana Boym
explores the rich history of the idea of freedom, from its origins
in ancient Greece through the present day, suggesting that our
attempts to imagine freedom should occupy the space of not only
'what is' but also 'what if'. Beginning with notions of sacrifice
and the emergence of a public sphere for politics and art, Boym
expands her account to include the relationships between freedom
and liberty, modernity and terror, political dissent and creative
estrangement, and love and freedom of the other. While depicting a
world of differences, Boym affirms lasting cross-cultural
solidarities with the commitment to passionate thinking that
reflection on freedom requires. "Another Freedom" is filled with
stories that illuminate our own sense of what it means to be free,
and it assembles a truly remarkable cast of characters: Warburg and
Euripides, Pushkin and Tocqueville, Kafka and Osip Mandelshtam,
Arendt and Heidegger, and an imagined encounter between Dostoevsky
and Marx on the streets of Paris. What are the limits of freedom
and how can it be imagined anew? Reflecting upon her experience as
a Leningrad native transplanted to the United States, Boym dares to
ask whether American freedom can be transported across the national
border. With these questions in mind, Boym attempts to reinvent
freedom as something 'infinitely improbable' - yet nevertheless
still possible. By offering a fresh look at the strange history of
this idea and opening a new arena of inquiry, "Another Freedom"
delivers a nuanced portrait of freedom's unpredictable occurrences
and unexplored plots, one whose repercussions will be felt well
into the future.
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