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oapen-20.500.12657-620812024-03-27T14:14:44Z The Anxiety of Freedom Mehta, Uday Singh Political science and theory Social and political philosophy Biography: philosophy and social sciences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory The enduring appeal of liberalism lies in its commitment to the idea that human beings have a "natural" potential to live as free and equal individuals. The realization of this potential, however, is not a matter of nature, but requires that people be molded by a complex constellation of political and educational institutions. In this eloquent and provocative book, Uday Singh Mehta investigates in the major writings of John Locke the implications of this tension between individuals and the institutions that mold them. The process of molding, he demonstrates, involves an external conformity and an internal self-restraint that severely limit the scope of individuality.Mehta explores the centrality of the human imagination in Locke’s thought, focusing on his obsession with the potential dangers of the cognitive realm. Underlying Locke’s fears regarding the excesses of the imagination is a political anxiety concerning how to limit their potential effects. In light of Locke’s views on education, Mehta concludes that the promise of liberation at the heart of liberalism is vitiated by its constraints on cognitive and political freedom. 2023-03-29T15:50:03Z 2023-03-29T15:50:03Z 1992 book ONIX_20230329_9781501726392_67 9781501726392 9780801427565 9781501726408 9781501726385 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62081 eng application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781501726392.pdf 9781501726408.epub http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801427565/the-anxiety-of-freedom Cornell University Press Cornell University Press 10.7298/v7yf-ak53 10.7298/v7yf-ak53 06a447d4-1d09-460f-8b1d-3b4b09d64407 0314e571-4102-4526-b014-3ed8f2d6750a 9781501726392 9780801427565 9781501726408 9781501726385 Cornell University Press 200 Ithaca [...] Open Book Program National Endowment for the Humanities NEH open access
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The enduring appeal of liberalism lies in its commitment to the idea that human beings have a "natural" potential to live as free and equal individuals. The realization of this potential, however, is not a matter of nature, but requires that people be molded by a complex constellation of political and educational institutions. In this eloquent and provocative book, Uday Singh Mehta investigates in the major writings of John Locke the implications of this tension between individuals and the institutions that mold them. The process of molding, he demonstrates, involves an external conformity and an internal self-restraint that severely limit the scope of individuality.Mehta explores the centrality of the human imagination in Locke’s thought, focusing on his obsession with the potential dangers of the cognitive realm. Underlying Locke’s fears regarding the excesses of the imagination is a political anxiety concerning how to limit their potential effects. In light of Locke’s views on education, Mehta concludes that the promise of liberation at the heart of liberalism is vitiated by its constraints on cognitive and political freedom.
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