Freedom : Promise and Menace

by Scott Nearing

An analysis of freedom in several contexts (freedom from, freedom to; as it is different or similar to liberty (in its nationalistic sense), necessity, or conformity. Freedom of time, of power, of the individual, of the state and its relative usages between its real meaning and its implied meaning in rhetorical contexts. hmmmm, sound a bit dry?

Paperback

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Scott Nearing (1883-1983) was an American conservationist, peace activist, educator and writer. Born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, Nearing is still viewed as a radical 20 years after his death. In 1954 he co-authored Living the Good Life: How to Live Simply and Sanely in a Troubled World with his wife Helen. The book, in which war, famine and poverty were discussed, described a nineteen-year "back to the land experiment" and also advocated a modern day "homesteading." Nearing's anti-war activities cost him two teaching jobs, and he was even charged under the Espionage Act for opposing the First World War.

Reviews

[Gregg · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned that freedom is nothing close to what I was taught in school from day one. A word that is as complicated as the individual and simplified for political purposes and propaganda.