Akeel Bilgrami is Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy and a faculty member of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University.Jonathan R. Cole is John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University at Columbia University, where he was provost and dean of faculties from 1989 to 2003.Bilgrami and Cole are the editors of Who’s Afraid of Academic Freedom? (Columbia, 2015).

It is easy to suppose that losses of freedom occur because of interference in the life of the loser. Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan Cole have recognized that there are many more subtle (and perhaps equally dangerous) ways in which a person's freedom can be diminished. In a lucid introduction, they survey the problems. What then follows is a compendium of varied perspectives on diverse examples from many domains of human life, given by a stellar cast of writers from different fields. In an age when political life is often dominated by glib rhetoric about freedom, these discussions are urgently needed. This volume is a treasure-chest of illuminating surprises.

• Editors’ Introduction, by Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan R. ColePart I. Philosophical Issues1. Why Freedom to Say Enlarges Freedom to Think, by David Bromwich2. Kant and “Can’t”: Practical Necessity and the Diminution of Options, by Jeremy Waldron3. Freedom and Unfreedom in Human Categories: The Case of Multiplicity, by Carol RovanePart II. Political Economy4. Freedom and Coercion, Opportunity and the Economy: Neoliberalism, the Individual, and Society, by Joseph E. Stiglitz5. Capitalism and the Question of Freedom, by Prabhat Patnaik6. Whither Economic Rights?, by Akeel BilgramiPart III. Society and Law7. Roe v. Wade: Freedom of the Woman Versus Freedom of the Fetus, by Geoffrey R. Stone8. Freedom and Coercion in Public Health, by Robert Klitzman9. The Prosecution of Gender Equal Abrahamic Circumcision: Implications for Jews and Muslims, by Richard A. ShwederPart IV. Race10. Freedom in the American Century and After, by Eric Foner11. Freedom Through Unfreedom: Du Bois’s Theory of Democratic Despotism, by Robert Gooding-Williams12. The Denial of Freedom and Punitive Excess, by Bruce Western and Jessica T. SimesPart V. The Academy13. The University in a Time of Crisis, by Noam Chomsky14. Persuasion, Manipulation, and Unfreedom, by Michael Ignatieff15. Ridicule and Argument, by Jon Elster16. Is Wokeism Changing the Nature of Inquiry?, by Akeel Bilgrami17. A Confederacy of Snitches, by Laura Kipnis18. Freedom Gained and Freedom Lost in American Science, by Jonathan R. Cole and Daria FranklinPart VI. Media19. Evaluating the Fake News Problem at the Scale of the Information Ecosystem, by Jennifer Allen, Baird Howland, Markus Mobius, David Rothschild, and Duncan J. Watts20. Measuring the News and Its Impact on Democracy, by Duncan J. Watts, David M. Rothschild, and Markus Mobius21. Fighting Disinformation: Lessons from the 1930s, by Anya SchiffrinNotesList of Contributors

Akeel Bilgrami is Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy and a faculty member of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University.Jonathan R. Cole is John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University at Columbia University, where he was provost and dean of faculties from 1989 to 2003.Bilgrami and Cole are the editors of Who’s Afraid of Academic Freedom? (Columbia, 2015).

It is easy to suppose that losses of freedom occur because of interference in the life of the loser. Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan Cole have recognized that there are many more subtle (and perhaps equally dangerous) ways in which a person's freedom can be diminished. In a lucid introduction, they survey the problems. What then follows is a compendium of varied perspectives on diverse examples from many domains of human life, given by a stellar cast of writers from different fields. In an age when political life is often dominated by glib rhetoric about freedom, these discussions are urgently needed. This volume is a treasure-chest of illuminating surprises.

• Editors’ Introduction, by Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan R. ColePart I. Philosophical Issues1. Why Freedom to Say Enlarges Freedom to Think, by David Bromwich2. Kant and “Can’t”: Practical Necessity and the Diminution of Options, by Jeremy Waldron3. Freedom and Unfreedom in Human Categories: The Case of Multiplicity, by Carol RovanePart II. Political Economy4. Freedom and Coercion, Opportunity and the Economy: Neoliberalism, the Individual, and Society, by Joseph E. Stiglitz5. Capitalism and the Question of Freedom, by Prabhat Patnaik6. Whither Economic Rights?, by Akeel BilgramiPart III. Society and Law7. Roe v. Wade: Freedom of the Woman Versus Freedom of the Fetus, by Geoffrey R. Stone8. Freedom and Coercion in Public Health, by Robert Klitzman9. The Prosecution of Gender Equal Abrahamic Circumcision: Implications for Jews and Muslims, by Richard A. ShwederPart IV. Race10. Freedom in the American Century and After, by Eric Foner11. Freedom Through Unfreedom: Du Bois’s Theory of Democratic Despotism, by Robert Gooding-Williams12. The Denial of Freedom and Punitive Excess, by Bruce Western and Jessica T. SimesPart V. The Academy13. The University in a Time of Crisis, by Noam Chomsky14. Persuasion, Manipulation, and Unfreedom, by Michael Ignatieff15. Ridicule and Argument, by Jon Elster16. Is Wokeism Changing the Nature of Inquiry?, by Akeel Bilgrami17. A Confederacy of Snitches, by Laura Kipnis18. Freedom Gained and Freedom Lost in American Science, by Jonathan R. Cole and Daria FranklinPart VI. Media19. Evaluating the Fake News Problem at the Scale of the Information Ecosystem, by Jennifer Allen, Baird Howland, Markus Mobius, David Rothschild, and Duncan J. Watts20. Measuring the News and Its Impact on Democracy, by Duncan J. Watts, David M. Rothschild, and Markus Mobius21. Fighting Disinformation: Lessons from the 1930s, by Anya SchiffrinNotesList of Contributors