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Abolishing Freedom: A Plea for a Contemporary Use of Fatalism
Frank Ruda
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Paperback. Pushing back against the contemporary myth that freedom from oppression is freedom of choice, Frank Ruda resuscitates a fundamental lesson from the history of philosophical rationalism: a proper conceptof freedom can arise only from a defense of absolute necessity, utter determinism, and predestination. Series: Provocations. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
Pushing back against the contemporary myth that freedom from oppression is freedom of choice, Frank Ruda resuscitates a fundamental lesson from the history of philosophical rationalism: a proper concept of freedom can arise only from a defense of absolute necessity, utter determinism, and predestination. Abolishing Freedom demonstrates how the greatest philosophers of the rationalist tradition and even their theological predecessors-Luther, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Freud-defended not only freedom but also predestination and divine providence. By systematically investigating this mostly overlooked and seemingly paradoxical fact, Ruda demonstrates how real freedom conceptually presupposes the assumption that the worst has always ... Read more
Pushing back against the contemporary myth that freedom from oppression is freedom of choice, Frank Ruda resuscitates a fundamental lesson from the history of philosophical rationalism: a proper concept of freedom can arise only from a defense of absolute necessity, utter determinism, and predestination. Abolishing Freedom demonstrates how the greatest philosophers of the rationalist tradition and even their theological predecessors-Luther, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Freud-defended not only freedom but also predestination and divine providence. By systematically investigating this mostly overlooked and seemingly paradoxical fact, Ruda demonstrates how real freedom conceptually presupposes the assumption that the worst has always ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Provocations
Condition
New
Weight
248g
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803284371
SKU
V9780803284371
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About Frank Ruda
Frank Ruda is an interim professor for the philosophy of audiovisual media at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany, and a visiting lecturer at Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is the author of Hegel's Rabble: An Investigation into Hegel's Philosophy of Right and For Badiou: Idealism without Idealism.
Reviews for Abolishing Freedom: A Plea for a Contemporary Use of Fatalism
This is an utterly captivating, smart, provocative book-compelling in its argument, fascinating in its detail, sobering in its implications. Absolutely exhilarating. -Rebecca Comay, author of Mourning Sickness: Hegel and the French Revolution
Rebecca Comay Appropriating it as a natural right, a possession that can be taken away, the sign of the subject's sovereignty, liberalism has given freedom a ... Read more
Rebecca Comay Appropriating it as a natural right, a possession that can be taken away, the sign of the subject's sovereignty, liberalism has given freedom a ... Read more