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Isabella Guanzini The question of freedom together with its complex and dialectical manifes- tations seems to be at the same time unavoidable and impossible and has opened up different interpretative theories throughout the history of phil- osophical thought. One ideal-typical reading, which by now has become classic, schematically distinguishes two main concepts of the ambivalent experience of freedom, namely positive and negative liberty, which char- acterized respectively the ancient and the modern individual and collective way of life. While the former emphasizes the universal dimension of the community the individual belongs to, the latter understands freedom as the absence of impositions and as emancipation from the oppressive power of any internal or external despotism. This contribution aims to histori- cally contextualize these two positions, showing their ambivalences and exceptions, in order to problematize the contemporary “immunitarian” comprehension of freedom invoking ancient practices, in order to rethink freedom as a necessary political construction in the public sphere. Ideas of Freedom LIMINA Grazer theologische Perspektiven | 2:2, 2019, 58–84 | www.limina-graz.eu | DOI: 10.25364/17.2:2019.2.4 ABSTRACT A Historic-Philosophical Journey through an Ambivalent Experience Die Frage nach der Freiheit drängt sich als eine unvermeidbare Frage auf, die gleichzeitig aber – angesichts ihrer komplexen und dialektischen Ma ni- festationen – als unmöglich zu beantworten erscheint. Die Frage hat in der Geschichte des philosophischen Denkens verschiedene interpretative Zugänge erfahren. Eine idealtypische, nahezu klassisch gewordene Lesart unterscheidet schematisch zwei grundlegende Konzepte, nach denen die ambivalente Er- fahrung der Freiheit unterteilt werden kann: in positive und negative Freiheit. Mit Hilfe dieser beiden Figuren wird versucht, vorausgegangene und moder-
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Limina Grazer theologische Perspektiven, Volume 2:2
Title
Limina
Subtitle
Grazer theologische Perspektiven
Volume
2:2
Editor
Karl Franzens University Graz
Date
2019
Language
German
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CC BY-NC 4.0
Size
21.4 x 30.1 cm
Pages
267
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