The Anxiety of Choice | Renata Salecl

Renata Salecl explains why the freedom to choose might not be making us as happy as we think.

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From eating to dating, we are presented with endless choices. But is this leading to lives full of anxiety and guilt? Acclaimed sociologist Renata Salecl uses examples from popular culture to show that the freedom to choose might not be making us as happy as we think.

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Renata Salecl is a philosopher, sociologist and legal theorist, and senior researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Ljubljana.

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