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Sophia Rosenfeld is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Democracy and Truth: A Short History and Common Sense: A Political History, among other books. Her writing has also appeared in leading publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Nation.
""Historian Sophia Rosenfeld offers a rich, compelling account of how the experience of choosing ceased to be the object of suspicion and condemnation and became instead the hallmark, at least in liberal, democratic societies, of any life worth living.""---Stephen Greenblatt, New York Times ""At a time when we are awash with options—indeed, drowning in them—Rosenfeld’s analysis of how our modern idea of ‘freedom’ became bound up in the idea of personal choice feels especially timely, touching on everything from politics to romance."" * The Millions * ""This first-rate study of choice and freedom will appeal to most history lovers."" * Library Journal (Starred review) * ""An immensely informative and engaging account of how the concept took hold, evolved, and spread throughout the world. Drawing on an extraordinary array of sources, Rosenfeld examines the emergence of choice in shopping, romantic life, politics, and human rights declarations; the different implications of choice for women and men; interpretations of choice by psychologists and economists; and the ways in which ‘choice architects’ have capitalized on, manipulated, and constrained the practice of ‘autonomous’ decision-making.""---Glenn Altschuler , Los Angeles Review of Books
