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Freedom Is Not a Thing: Toward a Theory of Liberation for the Twenty-first Century

  • Beginning from a critique of neoliberalism, and in particular of its concept of freedom, I develop an alternative notion of freedom as love. In order to escape the current neoliberal hegemony, I argue that we must reconnect with the radical traditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. I thus take as my starting point the debate between Herbert Marcuse and Erich Fromm over the nature of freedom that took place in the pages of Dissent in the mid-1950s. Building on their work I construct a theory of freedom as >connective expression<.

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Author:Nicolas Veroli
Parent Title (English):Radical Philosophy Review, Vol. 19, No. 2 (2016), pp. 475-500. [Online ISSN 1569-1659] [doi.org/10.5840/radphilrev20163244]
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2016
Release Date:2024/04/04
Format:to purchase via publisher
IdNo:Veroli_N_2016
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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