The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

2007 NR 3h 00m 8.5

Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have gone to war to impose freedom around the world. But if you step back and look at what freedom actually means for us today, it's a strange and limited kind of freedom.

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom background

Episodes:

Episode 1 F***K You, Buddy

1. F***K You, Buddy

Aired: Mar 11, 2007

The ultimate political goal at the heart of our age is the idea of individual...

Episode 2 The Lonely Robot

2. The Lonely Robot

Aired: Mar 18, 2007

"Only two groups in society actually behave in a rational self-interested way...

Info about The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Genres: Documentary