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The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life
Sophia Rosenfeld
2025
Painting of a naval battle off the Chesapeake.

The Revolution Heard Around the World

The global politics of 1776.
by Sophia Rosenfeld via The Nation
This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
on June 9, 2026
Food stand at a carnival advertising a wide ranging menu.

Why an Abundance of Choice Is Not the Same as Freedom

It’s only in recent history that freedom has come to mean having a huge array of choices in life. Did we take a wrong turn?
by Sophia Rosenfeld via Aeon on October 16, 2025
City workers get their lunch at the Horn & Hardart automat in New York City, ca 1940.

Choice and Its Discontents

Today no one on either side of the political spectrum would present themselves as an enemy of choice. Sophia Rosenfeld exposes the complex legacy of this idea.
by Sophia Rosenfeld, Daniel Falcone via Jacobin
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on April 22, 2025
Drawing of Al Gore at the 2000 Democratic Convention.

Has the United States Ever Been a Democracy?

Jedediah Purdy's new book examines why the U.S. has continuously failed to qualify as a system defined by popular rule.
by Sophia Rosenfeld via The Nation
This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
on January 3, 2023
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