On Freedom

<p><b>A brilliant exploration of freedom ¿ what it is, how it¿s been misunderstood, and why it¿s our only chance for survival ¿ by the acclaimed, bestselling author of <i>On Tyranny</i>.</b><br><br>Freedom is the great Western commitment, but we have lost sight of what it means ¿ and this is leading us into crisis. Too many of us look at freedom as the absence of state power: we think we¿re free if we can do and say as we please, and protect ourselves from government interference. But true freedom isn¿t so much freedom from, as freedom to ¿ the freedom to thrive, to take risks for futures we choose by working together. Freedom is the value that makes all other values possible.<br><br>Drawing on the work of philosophers and political dissidents, conversations with contemporary thinkers and his own experiences, Snyder identifies the practices and attitudes ¿ the habits of mind ¿ that will allow us to design a government in which we and future generations can flourish. We come to apprecia