288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
288 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In A Social Theory of Freedom , Mariam Thalos argues that the theory of human freedom should be a broadly social and political theory, rather than a theory that places itself in opposition to the issue of determinism. Thalos rejects the premise that a theory of freedom is fundamentally a theory of the metaphysics of constraint and, instead, lays out a political conception of freedom that is... Read more
Introduction Part I: Freedom is a logic 1. An existential prelude 2. Freedom worth wanting 3. The grammar of experience and the logic of freedom 4. Existential syllogisms Part II: Beyond the logic of freedom 5. The difference a new conception of action makes 6. Paradoxes of freedom Part III: Existential foundations of social science 7. Self-making 8. Love relationships: The space for self-making 9. Alliance and solidarity Conclusion
Biography
Mariam Thalos is Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
