Anker Ugly Freedoms

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2240-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 253 Seiten

Elisabeth R. Anker reckons with the complex legacy of freedom offered by liberal American democracy, identifying modes of “ugly freedom” that can lead to domination or provide a source of emancipatory potential.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anker, Elisabeth R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Ugly Freedoms 1
1. White and Deadly: Sugar and the Sweet Taste of Freedom 37
2. Tragedies of Emancipation: Freedom, Sex, and Theft after Slavery 77
3. Thwarting Neoliberalism: Boredom, Dysfunction, and Other Visionless Challenges 113
4. Freedom as Climate Destruction: Guts, Dust, and Toxins in an Era of Consumptive Sovereignty 148
Notes 181
Bibliography 207
Index 231

Über Autor(innen)

Elisabeth R. Anker is Associate Professor of American Studies and Political Science at George Washington University and author of Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Politics of Freedom, also published by Duke University Press.