Freedom

freedom

tao te ching; finding oneself

accidental asian/ mad hatter's lunch

who are you in context?

piaget-erikson

who sets the rules? separating from your parents

master/slave

orwell's elephant: who is the slave?

colonialism/independence

haiti/jamaica/south africa/etc.

• battle of algiers/ satyagraha: what are the repercussions of the way in which we claim our freedom?

authority - comic superheroes; Thoreau,Civil Disobedience, Fried, Liberty

how should a free person regard constraint?

art

can we see art as a paradigm for taking one's freedom?

a working hypothesis

A free person honors the authority that he respects. A free person rebels against the authority that she doesn't.

Some novels that might fit into one or more of the above categories (or illuminate new categories): V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr. Biswas Yukio Mishima, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion Jack Kerouac, On the Road Milan Kundera, Ignorance James Baldwin, Go Tell it on the Mountain Herman Hesse, Demian