Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Contributors
Introduction: The Ends of Autonomy
References
Part I Autonomy, Philosophy and Politics
1 Karl Marx and the Concept of Freedom
Freedom as the Fulfilment of Human Potential
Alienation as Unfreedom, Freedom as Unalienation
Acknowledgement
Note
References
2 A Law Unto Ourselves: Reclaiming Autonomy as Mass Sovereignty
I
II
III
IV
Notes
References
3 Against the Economic View of Time: The Claim to Free Time
What Is Free Time?
The Economic View of Time
Temporal Injustice
Temporal Alienation
Temporal Compression
Temporal Erosion
Constraining the Claim to Free Time
Objections
Against the Imperatives of Market Freedom
At the Great Cost of Efficiency
Conclusion
Notes
References
Part II Autonomy, Technology and Pharmacology
4 Convivial Autonomy in Platform Capitalism
From Real to Mental Subsumption
Digital Platforms as Radical Monopolies
Towards a Platform Economy of Convivial Tools
Conclusion
Notes
References
5 Autonomy and Autoheteronomy in Psychedelically Assisted Psychotherapy
Autonomy in Psychotherapy: Practitioner-Focused Guidance On Values and Technique
What Is Autonomy Anyway? A Philosophical and Historical Excursus
Autonomy and ‘Autoheteronomy’ in PAP
Notes
References
6 How Liberating Is Liberation Technology?
A Glimpse of the Present
The ‘Facebook Revolution’, Egypt 2011
Euphoria, Polarisation, Shutdown
Liberation Technology and the Pursuit of Freedom
The Birth of Liberation Technology
The New Tools of Autocracy
The Nuances of Liberation Technology
Beyond Algorithms: the Human Complexity of Social Media
Mobile Liberation
Algorithmic Echo Chambers?
Can Liberation Technology Be Recovered?
Notes
Part III Autonomy, Climate and Capacity
7 Crip Autonomy and External Limitations: The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic and Governmental Pandemic Management …
Part 1: COVID-19 and External Restrictions
Part 2: Ableism in the United Kingdom
Part 3: Ableism, External Limitations, and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Remote Working
Access to Treatment for Coronavirus
The Impact of the Coronavirus Act 2020 On the Care Act 2014
Conclusion
Notes
References
8 Sustainable Freedom
Introduction
What Should Be Sustained? Freedom
The Place of Concern for Sustainability On the Left/right Political Spectrum
Positive and Negative Freedom
Sustainable Development and the Harm Principle
Development as Freedom
Do We Have Obligations to Future Generations?
Planetary Boundaries Are Being Exceeded
Conclusion
References
9 Climate Anxiety, Fatalism and the Capacity to Act
Hothouse Earth
‘You Will Fear Being Violently Killed’
Climate Anxiety
Anxiety and Autonomy
Fear and Democracy
Conclusion
References
Part IV Autonomy, Language and Power
10 World Lingua Franca Regimes and Real Freedoms
Lingua Franca Regimes
Van Parijs: Grabbing the Global Megaphone
Linguistic Freedoms Through French Lenses
Michel De Certeau’s Reading (1975) of Abbé Grégoire’s Survey (1790)
Jacques Derrida’s ‘Indefensible’ Defence of Purity in French
Julia Kristeva and Pascale Casanova: Diversity Revisited
Conclusion
Notes
References
11 Freedom to Live: Robespierre, Marx and Social Liberty
A Tale of Two Freedoms
The Incorruptible Speaks
Conclusion
Notes
References
12 ‘Liberty Leading the People’? Dress Liberty in Post-#MeToo France
Introduction
Background
Dress Liberty
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index