"Exceptional. This year's essential text for thinking radicals." — The Guardian —

"Creating Freedom is quite magnificent in its intelligence, acuity, scope, human warmth and - most importantly - hope! My book of the year." — Stephen Fry —

"If you believe you are free, think again. Strong arguments . . . epic in scope . . . [A] manifesto to enlighten citizens stuck in an illusion of democracy." — Financial Times —

"Creating Freedom presents a stunning treatise; the freedoms within our society are illusory or entirely antithetical to actual liberty... The author, and the arguments within his book, have a tendency to leave a reader feeling enlivened, stirred and provoked... Martinez has arguments to make your head spin... The difficulty of imagining this new moral landscape seems daunting, but in the company of Raoul Martinez it seems a tiny bit more likely." — Irish Times —

"Thought-provoking . . . sound and persuasive . . . Eminently readable with a an elegance of style not often found in theoretical works. It is no less than a rallying cry to take back the substance rather than the illusions of our freedoms." — New Internationalist —

"Martinez speaks for a generation living through a profound mismatch between their aspirations for freedom and creativity and the thudding conformity a society, driven by the market, demands." — Paul Mason —

"Provocative, powerful and important, Creating Freedom is a rigorous exploration of what's gone wrong with our society and how to make it right. A book for our time, this radical manifesto exposes the myths at the heart of our system and shows what the ideal of freedom truly demands from us, individually and collectively." — Susan Sarandon —

"In this stunning and lucid book, Raoul Martinez re-assesses our past, re-examines our present, and re-imagines our future. It's such an exciting and compelling read that you almost don't notice at first how radical it is. Creating Freedom makes me think that we humans are on the cusp of our next big step - and it's this kind of thinking that will carry us over." — Brian Eno —

"Lucid and bright, Creating Freedom is a light to guide us onwards. Please read it." — Russell Brand —

"Everyone trying to puzzle through how to deal with the madness of the world - and the forces destroying it - should read this book." — Johann Hari —

"Comes the moment; comes the book. A manifesto for real and radical change. This is a brilliant and timely analysis of our political landscape and the ideals which should inform how we reshape the world." — Helena Kennedy QC —

"I've been working my way through, highlighter in hand, at times thinking "why bother! Just highight the whole thing". Super impressive." — David Byrne —

"This discussion of the impossibility of ultimate moral responsibility is extremely well written, aphoristic in places, and philosophically right on target." — Galen Strawson —

"A superb book; it is not only beautifully written, vigorously argued and remarkably researched, it is a unique contribution to a subject — discussed for more than two millennia — where unique contributions are rare indeed. There is nothing in the literature that places the issues of freedom and responsibility in such a broad and enlightening context, enriching familiar debates surrounding punishment and the justice system but also going far beyond. No one has examined the issues of freedom and moral responsibility in such an extensive and fascinating context, or done more to show that these issues are not ivory tower debates but absolutely life and death issues for individuals and quite possibly for our species." — Bruce Waller —

"An impassioned social and political critique with glimmers of hope for change. British artist and documentarian Martinez makes his literary debut writing on a theme taken up recently by writers such as economists Thomas Piketty and Joseph Stiglitz: inequality, injustice, greed, and entrenched power have undermined democracy and threaten the common good and the future of our planet. An intelligent, rigorous manifesto." — Kirkus Reviews —