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The Tyranny of Choice
Renata Salecl
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Description for The Tyranny of Choice
Paperback. A study on the nature of choice, and how limitless freedom can lead to despair. It explores how late capitalism's shrill exhortations to 'be oneself' can be a tyranny which only leads to ever-greater disquiet and how insistence on choice being a purely individual matter prevents social change. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
We are encouraged from all sides to view our lives as being full of choices. Like the products on a supermarket shelf, our careers, our relationships, our bodies, our very identities seem to be there for the choosing. But paradoxically this seeming freedom to choose can create extreme anxiety, and feelings of inadequacy and guilt. The Tyranny of Choice explores how late capitalism's shrill exhortations to 'be oneself' can be a tyranny which only leads to ever-greater disquiet and how insistence on choice being a purely individual matter prevents social change. With wisdom, humour and sensitivity, Renata Salecl examines ... Read more
We are encouraged from all sides to view our lives as being full of choices. Like the products on a supermarket shelf, our careers, our relationships, our bodies, our very identities seem to be there for the choosing. But paradoxically this seeming freedom to choose can create extreme anxiety, and feelings of inadequacy and guilt. The Tyranny of Choice explores how late capitalism's shrill exhortations to 'be oneself' can be a tyranny which only leads to ever-greater disquiet and how insistence on choice being a purely individual matter prevents social change. With wisdom, humour and sensitivity, Renata Salecl examines ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Big Ideas
Condition
New
Weight
166g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846681868
SKU
V9781846681868
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About Renata Salecl
Renata Salecl is a philosopher and sociologist. She is visiting professor at BIOS centre at the London School of Economics. Her previous books include On Anxiety and have been translated into ten languages.
Reviews for The Tyranny of Choice
In this elegant, thoughtful essay, Renata Salecl shows us how today's abundance of choice makes us more anxious than ever before and less free than we might like to think. Beautifully crafted and concise, it will make readers question the hidden logic of their everyday lives.
Darian Leader, psychoanalyst and author of The New Black: Mourning, Melancholia and Depression ... Read more
Darian Leader, psychoanalyst and author of The New Black: Mourning, Melancholia and Depression ... Read more