What is freedom today? Slavoj Žižek | Comment Is Free

Slavoj Žižek asks: are we really free to live our lives as we want?
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We might think so, but the philosopher argues that our apparent freedom is actually governed by a complex series of conditions.
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For Slavoj Žižek, a 'pathetic, old romantic', the highest form of freedom is in fact love.
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