01825nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801190007608200150019510000190021024500560022926000510028530000190033636500080035552011870036365000120155065000140156265000250157670000180160120240812142148.0240812b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781350357129  a: Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd.b: 4794/23, 1st Floor, Opp. Eye 7, Ansari Road, New Delhic: TB1164d: 7/8/2024  a323.44 ZIZ  aZizek, Slavoj.  aFreedomb: A Disease Without Cure.c/ Slavoj Zizek.  a, Great Britainb: Bloomsbury Academyc, 2023.  a320p.c: 24cm.  b839  aWe are all afraid that new dangers pose a threat to our hard-won freedoms, so what deserves attention is precisely the notion of freedom. The concept of freedom is deceptively simple. We think we understand it, but the moment we try and define it we encounter contradictions. In this new philosophical exploration, Slavoj Žižek argues that the experience of true, radical freedom is transient and fragile. Countering the idea of libertarian individualism, Žižek draws on philosophers Hegel, Kierkegaard and Heidegger, as well as the work of Kandinsky and Agatha Christie to examine the many facets of freedom and what we can learn from each of them. Today, with the latest advances in digital control, our social activity can be controlled and regulated to such a degree that the liberal notion of a free individual becomes obsolete and even meaningless. How will we be obliged to reinvent (or limit) the contours of our freedom? Tracing its connection to everything from capitalism and war to the state and environmental breakdown, Žižek takes us on an illuminating and entertaining journey that shows how a deeper understanding of freedom can offer hope in dark times.  aFreedom  a Disease   aDisease Without Cure  aSlavoj Zizek.