Constellation: Ontological Freedom

In contrast to nominal freedom, a characteristically human mode of freedom that manifests in reflection and expression and is constitutive of subjectivity.

  • The Soul Machine

    The Soul Machine

    Source: Soul Machine by Sunflower Soul Enzymatic Knowledge Machines “A theory is exactly like a box of tools. It has nothing to do with the signifier. It must be useful. It must function.”  Deleuze and Guattari [2]. This theory of the precarious contemporary position of subjectivity is intended as a symbolically textured tool, an “enzymatic…

  • Freeing Freedom

    Freeing Freedom

    Source: 45′ For a Speaker (and associated tracks) by John Cage. A Brief Ontology of Freedom (Excerpt) While recognizing that our globalized world has dramatically extended freedom of choice and opportunity, we problematize in this essay, through an exploration of the structure of freedom, the idea that this expanded scope of choice and opportunity is…