Another Freedom : The Alternative History of an Idea / Svetlana Boym.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boym, Svetlana, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 360 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The word "freedom" is so overly used-and frequently abused-that it is always in danger of becoming nothing but a cliché. In Another Freedom, Svetlana Boym offers us a refreshing new portrait of the age-old concept. Exploring the rich cross-cultural history of the idea of freedom, from its origins in ancient Greece to the present day, she argues 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 liberation, modernity and terror, and political dissent and creative estrangement. While depicting a world of differences, she affirms lasting solidarities based on the commitment to the passionate thinking that reflections on freedom require. To do so, Boym assembles a remarkable cast of characters: Aeschylus and Euripides, Kafka and Mandelstam, Arendt and Heidegger, and a virtual encounter between Dostoevsky and Marx on the streets of Paris. By offering a fresh look at the strange history of this idea, Another Freedom delivers a nuanced portrait of freedom, one whose repercussions will be felt well into the future.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Freedom versus Liberation: Corrupted Sacrifice from Tragedy to Modernity

2. Political and Artistic Freedom in a Cross-Cultural Dialogue

3. Liberation with a Birch Rod and the Banality of Terrorism

4. Love and Freedom of the Other

5. Dissent, Estrangement, and the Ruins of Utopia

6. Judgment and Imagination in the Age of Terror

Conclusion: Freedom and Its Discontents

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226069753

0226069753

OCLC:

1039697823