Choice /

This is a brilliant study on the nature of choice, and how limitless freedom can lead to despair. We are encouraged from all sides to view our lives as being full of choices. Like the products on a supermarket shelf, our careers, our relationships, our bodies, our very identity seem to be there for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salecl, Renata, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Profile Books, 2010
Series:Big ideas
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