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On Freedom: The Dialogue

  • Lisa Downing*
  • , Maggie Nelson
    • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This is a transcript of a dialogue between Lisa Downing and Maggie Nelson about Nelson’s recent book, On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint (2021). The interlocutors discuss the rise of cultural authoritarianism, the role of care in shaping and delimiting freedom, the ways in which freedom and care signify differently according to the sex of the ‘free’ subject, and the vexed question of what freedom will mean in an uncertain future foreshadowed by the spectre of climate change — and potential apocalypse.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)372-386
Number of pages15
JournalParagraph
Volume46
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Nov 2023

Keywords

  • freedom
  • care
  • sex
  • drugs
  • climate change

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  • DowningL2023Freedom

    This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Edinburgh University Press in Paragraph. The Version of Record is available online at: http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/para.2023.0443.

    Accepted author manuscript, 215 KBLicence: None: All rights reserved

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    • Critical Freedoms

      Downing, L. (Editor), Cox, L. (Contributor), Nelson, M. (Contributor), Waltham-Smith, N. (Contributor) & Nicholas, L. (Contributor), 1 Nov 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Paragraph . 46, 3

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