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About Renata Salecl
See more books from this AuthorShe argues that capitalist society uses the ideology of choice to keep the wheels turning and also to safeguard its very existence: if we're wrapped up in our own private desires, we have no time to think about choosing a new, improved way of structuring society.
Aug 20 2011 | Read Full Review of The Tyranny of Choice (Big Id...We live in a free society, yet, in philosopher Renata Salecl’s opinion, society has reached a point where “life choices are described in the same terms as consumer choices.” It’s a scenario that creates the illusion that we can control every aspect of our lives—from the biggest decision on down t...
| Read Full Review of The Tyranny of Choice (Big Id...In the context of the continuing global Occupy movement, The Tyranny of Choice adds an eloquent voice to the growing expression of dissatisfaction at the lack of any real democratic social choice and an increasing sense of the need for an alternative social system, finds Kalim Patel in his review...
Jan 08 2012 | Read Full Review of The Tyranny of Choice (Big Id...