New Interdisciplinary Perspectives On and Beyond Autonomy

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What does ‘autonomy’ mean today? Is the Enlightenment understanding of autonomy still relevant for contemporary challenges? How have the limits and possibilities of autonomy been transformed by recent developments in artificial intelligence and big data, political pressures, intersecting oppressions and the climate emergency? The challenges to autonomy today reach across society with unprecedented complexity, and in this book leading scholars from philosophy, economics, linguistics, literature and politics examine the role of autonomy in key areas of contemporary life, forcefully defending a range of different views about the nature and extent of resistance to autonomy today. These essays are essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the predicament and prospects of one of modernity’s foundational concepts and one of our most widely cherished values. 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