Abolishing Freedom

2016-05-01 Philosophy

Author : Frank Ruda
Release : 2016-05-01
Genre : Philosophy
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Download or read book Abolishing Freedom written by Frank Ruda. This book was released on 2016-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pushing back against the contemporary myth that freedom from oppression is freedom of choice, Frank Ruda resuscitates a fundamental lesson from the history of philosophical rationalism: a proper concept of freedom can arise only from a defense of absolute necessity, utter determinism, and predestination. Abolishing Freedom demonstrates how the greatest philosophers of the rationalist tradition and even their theological predecessors—Luther, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Freud—defended not only freedom but also predestination and divine providence. By systematically investigating this mostly overlooked and seemingly paradoxical fact, Ruda demonstrates how real freedom conceptually presupposes the assumption that the worst has always already happened; in short, fatalism. In this brisk and witty interrogation of freedom, Ruda argues that only rationalist fatalism can cure the contemporary sickness whose paradoxical name today is freedom.

Abolishing Freedom

2016 Philosophy

Author : Frank Ruda
Release : 2016
Genre : Philosophy
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 786/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Abolishing Freedom by : Frank Ruda

Download or read book Abolishing Freedom written by Frank Ruda. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pushing back against the contemporary myth that freedom from oppression is freedom of choice, Frank Ruda resuscitates a fundamental lesson from the history of philosophical rationalism: a proper concept of freedom can arise only from a defense of absolute necessity, utter determinism, and predestination. Abolishing Freedom demonstrates how the greatest philosophers of the rationalist tradition and even their theological predecessors--Luther, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Freud--defended not only freedom but also predestination and divine providence. By systematically investigating this mostly overlooked and seemingly paradoxical fact, Ruda demonstrates how real freedom conceptually presupposes the assumption that the worst has always already happened; in short, fatalism. In this brisk and witty interrogation of freedom, Ruda argues that only rationalist fatalism can cure the contemporary sickness whose paradoxical name today is freedom.

Final Freedom

2001-05-21 History

Author : Michael Vorenberg
Release : 2001-05-21
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 004/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Final Freedom written by Michael Vorenberg. This book was released on 2001-05-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines emancipation after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Focusing on the making and meaning of the Thirteenth Amendment, Final Freedom looks at the struggle among legal thinkers, politicians, and ordinary Americans in the North and the border states to find a way to abolish slavery that would overcome the inadequacies of the Emancipation Proclamation. The book tells the dramatic story of the creation of a constitutional amendment and reveals an unprecedented transformation in American race relations, politics, and constitutional thought. Using a wide array of archival and published sources, Professor Vorenberg argues that the crucial consideration of emancipation occurred after, not before, the Emancipation Proclamation; that the debate over final freedom was shaped by a level of volatility in party politics underestimated by prior historians; and that the abolition of slavery by constitutional amendment represented a novel method of reform that transformed attitudes toward the Constitution.

Final Freedom

2001-05-21 History

Author : Michael Vorenberg
Release : 2001-05-21
Genre : History
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Download or read book Final Freedom written by Michael Vorenberg. This book was released on 2001-05-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the Thirteenth Amendment, this book examines emancipation after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.

Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism

2014 Education

Author : J. Brent Morris
Release : 2014
Genre : Education
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Book Rating : 273/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism written by J. Brent Morris. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism: College, Community, and the Fight for Freedom and Equality in Antebellum America

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