On Inequality and Freedom
Published on 13. June 2022
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-0-19-758302-9 (ISBN)
Description
When Americans conceptualize freedom, they often disproportionately focus on negative freedom, or freedom from government constraint-being told what they cannot say, which religion they cannot practice, where they cannot move, etc. By this measure, Americans are remarkably free.
However, such a conceptualization of freedom is incomplete without including notions of positive freedom--possession of agency, to be able to think and act autonomously in pursuit of one's desired life. Positive freedom unlocks agency through more than the absence of something, but the presence of something else--the conditions which enable people's development of their abilities and access to crucial resources and opportunities.
If we measure the freedom of Americans by positive freedom measures, we are falling behind our perceived status. In On Inequality and Freedom, a diverse group of authors discuss how a variety of contemporary American inequalities-from racial, economic, and gender, to health, environmental, and political inequalities-actually limit American freedom, regardless of how much negative freedom we possess. This book provides readers with a deeper understanding of what true freedom is and concrete steps toward restoring it.
However, such a conceptualization of freedom is incomplete without including notions of positive freedom--possession of agency, to be able to think and act autonomously in pursuit of one's desired life. Positive freedom unlocks agency through more than the absence of something, but the presence of something else--the conditions which enable people's development of their abilities and access to crucial resources and opportunities.
If we measure the freedom of Americans by positive freedom measures, we are falling behind our perceived status. In On Inequality and Freedom, a diverse group of authors discuss how a variety of contemporary American inequalities-from racial, economic, and gender, to health, environmental, and political inequalities-actually limit American freedom, regardless of how much negative freedom we possess. This book provides readers with a deeper understanding of what true freedom is and concrete steps toward restoring it.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
762 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-758302-9 (9780197583029)
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Lawrence M. Eppard | Henry A. Giroux
On Inequality and Freedom
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05/2021
OUP eBook
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Lawrence M. Eppard | Henry A. Giroux
On Inequality and Freedom
E-Book
05/2021
OUP eBook
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Persons
Lawrence Eppard, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Shippensburg University.
Henry A. Giroux, PhD, is Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University.
Henry A. Giroux, PhD, is Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University.
Editor
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and AnthropologyAssistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Shippensburg University
Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural StudiesChair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
Content
Introduction
1. Introduction: Expanding the Meaning of Freedom
Lawrence M. Eppard and Henry A. Giroux
2. Freedom has been Weaponized
Raoul Martinez
3. Structural Violence and Structural Awareness
Bandy Lee
PART I: COVID-19, Inequality, and Freedom
4. Normalizing Inequality in the Age of COVID-19
Henry Giroux
5. A Tale of Two Pandemics: Freedom and Environmental Justice in a Time of COVID 19
Michael Mascarenhas
6. We Can See Clearly Now: Inequality and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Michael Yates
PART II: Poverty, Economic Inequality, and Freedom
7. Inequality, Violence, and Freedom
Martin Daly and D.B. Krupp
8. A Structural Vulnerability Understanding of American Poverty
Mark Rank
9. Child Poverty: Europe versus the U.S.
Jonathan Bradshaw
10. Poverty and Freedom
David Brady
11. Poverty, Politics, and Perspective: A View of Political Failure from Appalachia
Jim White
12. Identity, Meritocracy, and the Unique Challenges of Human Freedom
Peter Callero
PART III: Race, Gender, Sexualities, and Freedom
13. White Privileges and Black Burdens
Joe Feagin and Kimberley Ducey
14. The Paradox, Contradictions, Interdependencies, and Stark Realities of Inequality and Freedom
Nancy DiTomaso
15. Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System at the Intersection of Race and Ethnicity
Carlos E. Rojas-Gaona and Arelys Madero-Hernandez
16. Let Me Fight Your Battle
Hilarie Burton Morgan
17. Women in the Man-Made City
Carla Corroto
18. Grinding the Gears of Ideology: Interpellation and Gender in Us Weekly and The Bell Jar
Luke Ferretter
19. The Question of Queer and Trans Positive Freedom in the U.S.
Ecem E. Ece, Robert Baez, and K. L. Broad
20. Truth and Freedom: The Debate over Unauthorized Immigrants and Crime
Alex Nowrasteh, Andrew C. Forrester, and Michelangelo Landgrave
PART IV: Freedom in Other Domains
21. Grievance Media: How Two Sets of 'News' Hampers Democracy
Alison Dagnes
22. Social Media and the Collapse of American Public Life
Yevgeny Simkin
23. Disability, Ableism and the Production of Inequality
Allison Carey
24. The Obsolescence of Freedom? Inequality, Symbolic Violence and the Ongoing Dilemma of American Education
Dan Schubert and Elizabeth C. Lewis
25. Constituting, Empowering, and Stratifying Individuals: Education as an Institution in Modern World Culture
David Monaghan
26. Environmental Justice: The Struggle Continues
Robert Cavazos
PART V: Parting Thoughts
27. Social Welfare, Democratic Citizenship, and Freedom
Deondra Rose
28. On Government, Agency, and the Violence of Inaction
Lawrence Eppard with Noam Chomsky
1. Introduction: Expanding the Meaning of Freedom
Lawrence M. Eppard and Henry A. Giroux
2. Freedom has been Weaponized
Raoul Martinez
3. Structural Violence and Structural Awareness
Bandy Lee
PART I: COVID-19, Inequality, and Freedom
4. Normalizing Inequality in the Age of COVID-19
Henry Giroux
5. A Tale of Two Pandemics: Freedom and Environmental Justice in a Time of COVID 19
Michael Mascarenhas
6. We Can See Clearly Now: Inequality and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Michael Yates
PART II: Poverty, Economic Inequality, and Freedom
7. Inequality, Violence, and Freedom
Martin Daly and D.B. Krupp
8. A Structural Vulnerability Understanding of American Poverty
Mark Rank
9. Child Poverty: Europe versus the U.S.
Jonathan Bradshaw
10. Poverty and Freedom
David Brady
11. Poverty, Politics, and Perspective: A View of Political Failure from Appalachia
Jim White
12. Identity, Meritocracy, and the Unique Challenges of Human Freedom
Peter Callero
PART III: Race, Gender, Sexualities, and Freedom
13. White Privileges and Black Burdens
Joe Feagin and Kimberley Ducey
14. The Paradox, Contradictions, Interdependencies, and Stark Realities of Inequality and Freedom
Nancy DiTomaso
15. Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System at the Intersection of Race and Ethnicity
Carlos E. Rojas-Gaona and Arelys Madero-Hernandez
16. Let Me Fight Your Battle
Hilarie Burton Morgan
17. Women in the Man-Made City
Carla Corroto
18. Grinding the Gears of Ideology: Interpellation and Gender in Us Weekly and The Bell Jar
Luke Ferretter
19. The Question of Queer and Trans Positive Freedom in the U.S.
Ecem E. Ece, Robert Baez, and K. L. Broad
20. Truth and Freedom: The Debate over Unauthorized Immigrants and Crime
Alex Nowrasteh, Andrew C. Forrester, and Michelangelo Landgrave
PART IV: Freedom in Other Domains
21. Grievance Media: How Two Sets of 'News' Hampers Democracy
Alison Dagnes
22. Social Media and the Collapse of American Public Life
Yevgeny Simkin
23. Disability, Ableism and the Production of Inequality
Allison Carey
24. The Obsolescence of Freedom? Inequality, Symbolic Violence and the Ongoing Dilemma of American Education
Dan Schubert and Elizabeth C. Lewis
25. Constituting, Empowering, and Stratifying Individuals: Education as an Institution in Modern World Culture
David Monaghan
26. Environmental Justice: The Struggle Continues
Robert Cavazos
PART V: Parting Thoughts
27. Social Welfare, Democratic Citizenship, and Freedom
Deondra Rose
28. On Government, Agency, and the Violence of Inaction
Lawrence Eppard with Noam Chomsky