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The Limits of Freedom
On the Eclipse of Meaning and the Return of the Sacred
On the Eclipse of Meaning and the Return of the Sacred
In an age that celebrates liberation yet drowns in confusion, The Limits of Freedom confronts the deepest paradox of modern civilization: that emancipation without truth becomes another form of bondage.
Drawing on philosophy, theology, and cultural criticism, this book traces the long arc from the Enlightenment's promise of autonomy to the disquiet of the present-an era of infinite choice and vanishing meaning. From the collapse of moral responsibility to the cult of victimhood, from the technological sublime to the politics of nihilism, it unfolds a profound meditation on what remains when every transcendent horizon has been erased.
Against the prevailing ethos of relativism and self-invention, The Limits of Freedom argues for a renewal grounded in reverence, conscience, and the rediscovery of the sacred within the ordinary. Freedom, it insists, is not the absence of limits but the art of inhabiting them wisely.
At once rigorous and lyrical, this work stands at the meeting point of metaphysics and modernity-a testament to the enduring need for meaning in an age that has forgotten how to believe. It calls not for a return to dogma, but for a deeper realism: a sacred pragmatism that reawakens wonder, gratitude, and responsibility in the heart of the secular world.
"Freedom without form decays into noise; truth without freedom petrifies into tyranny. Between them lies the narrow passage through which civilization must pass again."
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Cioni, Pietro
- ISBN: 9798271118746
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 8.50 x 0.30
- Number Of Pages: 142
- Publication Year: 2025
Language:
English