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The Problem of Unfreedom Yarran

Yarran Hominh

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English
Areeb Irshad
04 September 2023
Can unfree people make themselves free? Some people are unfree because of the social and political conditions in which they find themselves. To become freer would require changing those conditions; yet changing them requires the exercise of freedom. So it seems like they must already be

free in order to become free. Drawing on John Dewey, W.E.B. Du Bois, and B.R. Ambedkar, I argue that the unfree can make themselves free. Unfreedom involves external constraints and how those constraints shape people's agency. Becoming freer involves coming to know, from the inside, how our agency has been shaped. We can change that shaping and in turn the social conditions. The problem of unfreedom is a vicious cycle. Social conditions constrain agency, which in turn further entrenches the social conditions. A virtuous cycle is possible. Agents can change their conditions, reducing the constraint on their agency, in turn enabling greater change. Conditions are unstable, and agents can take advantage of that instability.

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Imprint:   Areeb Irshad
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   440g
ISBN:   9781835206225
ISBN 10:   1835206220
Pages:   330
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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