Freedom

john stuart mill -- on liberty

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