Philosophical Essays on Free Stuff

Robyn Ferrell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0362-3 (ISBN)

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There is free thought, free choice, the free world – and then there is free stuff. By tracking the transformations of just one idea, "free," this book describes an arc of thought through a "revaluation of values" and offers its critique in the same gesture.

In Philosophical Essays on Free Stuff, Robyn Ferrell depicts figures of freedom in consumer culture, a world made image by the internet and globalization. Through word and image associations, Ferrell links the question of "free" to the effects of instrumentalism in the political sphere. The discussion proceeds through these images which allow the question to come into focus through diverse perspectives. Each essay is autonomous, and all are linked. Grounded in critical theory, continental philosophy, and cultural studies, Ferrell explores ideas of free gift, free thought, free time, free choice, free love, free market, free speech, and free world.

Robyn Ferrell is adjunct professor at the Centre for Law, Art and Humanities at the Australian National University and in gender & cultural studies at the University of Sydney.

Contents
[list of photographs]
[acknowledgments]
[preface]
[introduction]… free form

market values
[one] … free gift
[two] … free time
[three] … free market
[four] … free speech
[five] … free world

technological thinking
[six] … free choice
[seven] … free love
[eight] … free thought
[afterword]

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Zusatzinfo	11 b/w photos;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 228 mm
Gewicht	417 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-7936-0362-6 / 1793603626
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-0362-3 / 9781793603623
Zustand	Neuware