The Breeze of Freedom
One of my colleagues recently left her long term residence in China and is now living in a country that is currently much le…
Transforming and Managing Anxiety: I. The Nature of Containment
In this essay I look specifically at the derailment into authoritarianism and at the multiple ways in which this derailment …
The Nature of True Freedom III: Creating A Shared Image of the Future
Positive freedom to do something, in turn, is sustained only if a society has defined or is in the process of continually de…
The Nature of True Freedom II: Harmony of Interests
I provide an economic and commerce-based perspective, suggesting that true freedom might reside in something called the “har…
The Nature of True Freedom I: Balancing Personal Rights and Collective Responsibilities
I propose that true freedom requires a balancing between a concern for individual personal rights and a concern for collecti…
Authority, Identification and Nationalism: The Future of Freedom in Estonia
Authoritarianism was evident in the passivity of Estonian men and women as learners and as architects of their own personal …
Authoritarianism and the Escape from Freedom
The lingering ghost of authoritarianism in Eastern Europe that Berne Weiss and I identified during the early 1990s (Bergquis…
The New Freedom: Living with Hope, Skepticism and Irony
Both hope and skepticism were to be found in Estonia (and Hungary) during the early 1990s, following the Soviet collapse. Ar…
Free at Last: Challenges Facing Those Who Are “Liberated”
The issue of freedom is certainly of great importance right now in our troubled and changing world. The insights gained from…
Freedom: From Collectivist to Individualist Structures and Realities
I frequently listen to classical music while I am working and in the evening before going to bed. The music during the day t…