Eva von Redecker Author

The Freedom to Stay

No. 22 of the SPIEGEL Bestseller List
Shortlisted for the NDR Non-Fiction Book Prize
No. 2 of the Non-Fiction Bestenliste June
Reviewed and recommended for translation by New Books in German
“One of this country’s most exciting young philosophers.” — Philosophie Magazin
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A radical new concept of freedom from a passionate voice of contemporary philosophy

Rarely has freedom been discussed as intensively as during the pandemic: freedom to travel, to move around without restriction, to meet up with people wherever one would like. But just how future-proof is such a spatially defined concept of freedom when we are facing times in which habitable places are disappearing and the climate crisis or wars are rendering entire regions uninhabitable? For this reason, philosopher Eva von Redecker has reconceptualised freedom: as the freedom to live in a place where we can stay. The freedom to stay evolves over time. In considering liveable freedom in the future, she not only focuses on the preservation of our present living conditions, she also reduces the gap between the freedom of individuals and that of the community. The freedom to stay can only be achieved communally. And it expands when we share it.

"With "Freedom to Stay", von Redecker has succeeded in bringing together a series of theoretical and practical philosophical questions at the centre of a well-founded contemporary critique" - Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger, Reinhard Margreiter

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Publisher: S. FISCHER
Release: 24.05.2023
ISBN: 978-3-10-397499-7
160 Pages
Author: Eva von Redecker

Eva von Redecker

Eva von Redecker, born in 1982, is a philosopher and freelance writer. Eva has taught at Humboldt-University and the New School, New York. In 2020/21, she held a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie fellowship at the University of Verona, where she investigated the history of ownership. Eva von Redecker’s work focuses on critical theory, feminism, and critiques of capitalism. She contributes to several newspapers, including Die Zeit and The Guardian, and regularly gives interviews on radio and TV. Her most recent publication with S. Fischer is her book Revolution für das Leben. Philosophie der neuen Protestformen [Revolution for Life. The Philsophy of New Forms of Protest] (2020); she also provided the foreword to the German anniversary edition of Dialektik der Aufklärung (Dialectic of Enlightenment). She grew up on an organic farm, and now lives in rural Brandenburg.