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For Constant, freedom in the sense of the Ancients "consisted of the active and constant participation in the collective power" and consisted in "exercising, collectively, but directly, several parts of the whole sovereignty" and, except in Athens, they thought that this vision of liberty was compatible with "the complete subjection of the individual to the authority of the whole". [1]
The Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man has been recognised as a wartime treatise. [12] Thomas Mann saw his work as "intellectual military service" in the confrontation between German "culture" and French and British "civilisation". [13] Christopher Beha argues that the central motif of the Reflections is the dichotomy between "civilization" and ...
MacCallum is well known for his critique to the distinction, made famous by Isaiah Berlin, between negative and positive liberty, proposing instead that the concept of freedom can only be understood as a 'triadic relation', in which "x is (is not) free from y to do (not do, become, not become) z". [2]
Artistic freedom (or freedom of artistic expression) can be defined as "the freedom to imagine, create and distribute diverse cultural expressions free of governmental censorship, political interference or the pressures of non-state actors." [1] Generally, artistic freedom describes the extent of independence artists obtain to create art freely.
Free Will is a 2012 book by American philosopher Sam Harris. It argues that free will is an illusion , but that this does not undermine morality or diminish the importance of political and social freedom, and that it can and should change the way we think about some of the most important questions in life.
It was the last book he finished in his lifetime, running to some 90 pages of a single long essay. It is commonly referred to as his " Freiheitsschrift " (freedom text) or "freedom essay". Described by Hans Urs von Balthasar as "the most titanic work of German idealism ", [ 1 ] it is also seen as anticipating much of the collection of basic ...
For Freedoms is an artist-run platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the United States.Co-founded by Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman, Michelle Woo, and Wyatt Gallery in 2016, [1] For Freedoms has partnered with US-based institutions and artists for activations including town halls, exhibitions and installations, public programs, billboard campaigns, and ...
This 2021 travel memoir is an extended meditation on "what it means to be free." [1] In the book, which recounts the experiences of two Afghanistan combat vets, a photojournalist, and war reporter, and a black dog named Daisy walking 400 miles along railway lines in south-central Pennsylvania, Junger argues that modern civilization has not made ...