The Tyranny of Choice:

By:

SALECL,Renata [Author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London, United Kingdom,: Profile Books (UK); 2011 (December 2011).Description: 184p,: ill,: 20cmISBN:

9781846681868

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

302.13

Summary: In The Tyranny of Choice, Renata Salecl argues that in modern societies where individuals are told they have nearly unlimited freedom to choose—choices about who to be, how to look, what to buy, how to live—this freedom ends up producing anxiety, paralysis, guilt and feelings of inadequacy. She explores how choice has been transformed into a burden. Rather than being purely liberating, the constant imperative to make the “right” choice becomes a form of tyranny: pressure to perform, to succeed, to express individuality. She looks at examples from popular culture, dating, consumerism, relationships, family planning, and shows how choice is rarely a purely rational decision with predictable outcome, and how our social structures shift the burden of change onto individuals rather than collective reform.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Mwalimu Julius Nyerere leadership School Library	Normal Collection	302.13 SAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		001024

In The Tyranny of Choice, Renata Salecl argues that in modern societies where individuals are told they have nearly unlimited freedom to choose—choices about who to be, how to look, what to buy, how to live—this freedom ends up producing anxiety, paralysis, guilt and feelings of inadequacy.
She explores how choice has been transformed into a burden. Rather than being purely liberating, the constant imperative to make the “right” choice becomes a form of tyranny: pressure to perform, to succeed, to express individuality. She looks at examples from popular culture, dating, consumerism, relationships, family planning, and shows how choice is rarely a purely rational decision with predictable outcome, and how our social structures shift the burden of change onto individuals rather than collective reform.

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