Review: Clive Hamilton, the freedom paradox: towards a post-secular ethics

After Growth Fetish (2004) and Affluenza (2005), Clive Hamilton has turned hisattention towards the more philosophical issues of freedom and ethics in his book TheFreedom Paradox. Following an initial quote by Herbert Marcuse, the book’s prefacediscusses inner freedom, greater choice coupled with a lack of self-control, leading to adisintegration of identity. Here we also meet the hero of Hamilton’s work, the Germanphilosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.