Analysis Of Freedom And The Plastic Cage By Wendy Brown

In "Freedom and the Plastic Cage", Wendy Brown analyzes the history of the left by using various political theorist to demonstrate how the left has changed their view of freedom throughout the years and how the left has changed the term freedom to empowerment and resistance. According to Brown, the left has changed the definition of the term "freedom" because they do not want states to be considered vulnerable. What she means by this, is that the left has to provide guidance and support to the states, because if freedom was left for the states to decide upon, then freedom would only apply to whites. Through the politics of the left, compromise has been facilitated and managing populations has become a simpler matter. Thus the left has become