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Freedom: Reassessments and Rephrasings

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New interdisciplinary perspectives on the theory and practice of freedom, with field-specific studies.Some philosophers conceive freedom as a state; others view it as an ideal. A songwriter sees it as a way of life: "Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free." The embattled statesman and the political idealist perceive causal links among personal freedoms, societal democracy, and global peace. In this cross-disciplinary volume, the contributors reassess and rephrase the conceptualizations and theorizations of freedom and their applicability to daily life. Framed by historical contexts, their field-specific studies help reconcile theory and practice. Their shared and unique ideational framework can be paraphrased in six words, a question mark, and a (muted) exclamation point: Freedom? Beware what you wish for (!).OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press., 2008

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1 online resource (xv, 323 pages) :illustrations

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English

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9780262270373

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computer

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online resource

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Liberty

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Edited by: Jose V. Ciprut,

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reva

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https://direct.mit.edu/books/edited-volume/2447/FreedomReassessments-and-Rephrasings

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https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/8017.001.0001

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