Part I of this book gives particular attention to freedom as an “aesthetic idea” that informs certain philosophical discussions of freedom in Kant, Schelling, Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus and Isaiah Berlin. The critical concept of “positive freedom” is discussed in the first chapter and continues to inform the entire book. In Part II, the more “practical” application of these ideas with respect to certain “zones” of freedom such as academia (“academic freedom”), religion (“religious freedom”), art (“artistic freedom”), “free speech, ” and “political freedom” are discussed Finally, in the Epilogue, the surprising relationship of “friendship” to “freedom” that begins with their close etymological relationship is discussed.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction: Positive Freedom: The Absolute Within; Part. I The Idea of Freedom—Chapter One: Positive Freedom: Berlin; Chapter Two: The Reason for Freedom: Kant; Chapter Three: The Essence of Human Freedom: Fichte/Schelling; Chapter Four: The Joy of Freedom: Nietzsche/Sartre/Camus; Part II The Practice of Freedom—Chapter Five: Academic Freedom; Chapter Six: Political Freedom?; Chapter Seven: Free Speech; Chapter Eight: Artistic Freedom: Beethoven; Chapter Nine: Friendship as Freedom.
Circa l’autore
Paul Gordon is a professor of comparative literature/humanities at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his Ph D in comparative literature from Yale.
Previous books: The Critical Double; Rapturous Superabundance: Tragedy after Nietzsche; Dial ‘M’ for Mother: A Freudian Hitchcock; Art as the Absolute; Synaesthetics.
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