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On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint

On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint

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  • Author：Maggie Nelson
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Reviews

Alissa ，

Oh my word， just the last lines - until then I want to be in， all in - all heart， no escape （ie living， committed to life， not living merely until the death march ends）。 Ah， what beauty。 Everything here is timely， and yet has so much universality - meditations on care， what makes a good life， what true freedom even is。 I haven't seen a work of this intellectual magnitude hit in a while that I had high hopes for commercially。 I have high hopes for this one。 Oh my word， just the last lines - until then I want to be in， all in - all heart， no escape （ie living， committed to life， not living merely until the death march ends）。 Ah， what beauty。 Everything here is timely， and yet has so much universality - meditations on care， what makes a good life， what true freedom even is。 I haven't seen a work of this intellectual magnitude hit in a while that I had high hopes for commercially。 I have high hopes for this one。 。。。more

Hannah Fenster ，

Maggie Nelson's intellectual range is as impressive as ever as she turns her characteristically keen eye to the word and practice of freedom。 "The question is not whether we are enmeshed，" she asserts， "but how，" and her writing is evidence enough， the "Four Songs" more like a high-volume symphony of interdisciplinary voices alongside whom her arguments dance。 Even so， Nelson is consistent-- from Bluets to The Art of Cruelty to On Freedom-- in her ability to linger， her intellectual pacing that Maggie Nelson's intellectual range is as impressive as ever as she turns her characteristically keen eye to the word and practice of freedom。 "The question is not whether we are enmeshed，" she asserts， "but how，" and her writing is evidence enough， the "Four Songs" more like a high-volume symphony of interdisciplinary voices alongside whom her arguments dance。 Even so， Nelson is consistent-- from Bluets to The Art of Cruelty to On Freedom-- in her ability to linger， her intellectual pacing that pauses and observes as intently as it surges forward。 On Freedom will make you move。 。。。more

Adam Dalva ，

A return to the lens and style of ART OF CRUELTY - crystalizing on four key questions of freedom。 I was specially drawn to parts 2 （on sex） and 3 （on drugs）， and found the research there particularly fascinating。 Nelson is brilliant， of course。

Vincent Scarpa ，

"In fact， one of this book’s sleeper surprises was that focusing on freedom brought me into a full-throttle reckoning with anxiety， one of freedom’s most formidable adversaries。 Perhaps this shouldn’t have been a surprise: one of the lessons of interdependence is that you can’t get to know anything without getting to know its siblings or surroundings。 I would not be the first thinker （or human） to discover the distressing， if potentially fertile， kinship between freedom and anxiety， even if I ha "In fact， one of this book’s sleeper surprises was that focusing on freedom brought me into a full-throttle reckoning with anxiety， one of freedom’s most formidable adversaries。 Perhaps this shouldn’t have been a surprise: one of the lessons of interdependence is that you can’t get to know anything without getting to know its siblings or surroundings。 I would not be the first thinker （or human） to discover the distressing， if potentially fertile， kinship between freedom and anxiety， even if I had to learn it anew for myself。 But I can say that， through repeated， often painful excursions， I have learned which habits of mind lead to more panic， more curdled and constricted heart （dread of bad scenes or surprises; the ferocious desire to ward off pain， illness， or death; attempts to control that which dwarfs one’s ability to do so）， and which ones lead to vastness， empty space， blue sky， whatever you want to call it — the silence and nothingness at the end of writing and everything else。 I didn’t and still don’t know what opening onto that vastness would feel like。 Sometimes I feel sure I won’t know until I die。 But I’m not going for a freedom drive that’s primarily a death drive; all that comes soon enough。 Until then， I want to be in， all in: all heart， no escape。" 。。。more