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A Brief History of Liberty Relié – 22 janvier 2010
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- Offers a succinct yet thorough survey of personal freedom
- Explores the true meaning of liberty,drawing philosophical lessons about liberty from history
- Considers the writings of key historical figures from Socratesand Erasmus to Hobbes, Locke, Marx, and Adam Smith
- Combines philosophical rigor with social scientificanalysis
- Argues that liberty refers to a range of related but specificideas rather than limiting the concept to one definition
- Nombre de pages de l'édition imprimée280 pages
- LangueAnglais
- ÉditeurWiley–Blackwell
- Date de publication22 janvier 2010
- Dimensions14.73 x 2.34 x 22.35 cm
- ISBN-101405170808
- ISBN-13978-1405170802
Description du produit
Revue de presse
"Its brevity and simplicity is perhaps understandable, given thehistorical focus and ambitious scope of the book, and the authors′evident desire to get the light, entertaining and up–beat narrativemoving." (The Philosopher′s Magazine, August 2010)
"Its brevity and simplicity is perhaps understandable, given thehistorical focus and ambitious scope of the book, and the authors′evident desire to get the light, entertaining and up–beat narrativemoving." (The Philosopher′s Magazine, August 2010)
"The book weaves together a number of figures in social,political, philosophical, economic, and even psychological theory,in a way not commonly found, and it does so rather effectively."(Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, September 05, 2010)
Quatrième de couverture
Using a fusion of philosophical, social scientific, and historicalmethods, A Brief History of Liberty offers asuccinct survey of pivotal moments in the evolution of personalfreedom, drawing on key historical figures from John Knox andMartin Luther to Karl Marx and Adam Smith to Roger Williams andThurgood Marshall. The authors examine how past (ifincomplete) successes in the struggle for liberty have led many ofus to liberty′s "last frontier": internal psychological obstaclesto our being as autonomous as we would like to be. Readersare encouraged to reflect on their own concepts of personal freedom–– what it is, where it comes from, why they have it, and what ithas done for them.
Stimulating and thought–provoking, A Brief History ofLiberty offers readers a philosophically–informed portraitof the elusive nature of one of our most cherished ideals.
Biographie de l'auteur
Jason Brennan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy,Research, at Brown University, and a faculty associate of thePolitical Theory Project at Brown University. His articles haveappeared in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, TheAustralasian Journal of Philosophy, and Ratio.
Détails sur le produit
- Éditeur : Wiley–Blackwell (22 janvier 2010)
- Langue : Anglais
- Relié : 280 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1405170808
- ISBN-13 : 978-1405170802
- Poids de l'article : 478 g
- Dimensions : 14.73 x 2.34 x 22.35 cm
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Each chapter has a thesis stated at the beginning and a list of questions at the end, I guess for classroom or reading group discussion. There are many endnotes at the end of each chapter and they are very interesting. There is a rich bibliography that would take a lifetime to study.
Chapter 1, "Prehistory" covers 40,000 years of history in 25 pages. The main thesis, stated at the beginning, is that trade and commerce have led to freedom. It focuses on ancient Greece and the Roman empire.
Chapter 2 "Rule of Law" covers the development of the rule of law from the Dark Ages to the 17th century, The thesis is that the rule of law enabled trade and commerce which led to greater freedom. I must say that I reached a different conclusion based on this chapter, that freedom for a wide number of people in a society depends on laws curtailing the freedom of the most powerful in that society.
Chapter 3, Religious freedom, deals with the development of different religious approaches in the West eventually leading to tolerance of religious differences. It covers the same period as chapter 2. Prominent figures include Roger Williams and Martin Luther. This was a good chapter although probably the least controversial subtopic.
Chapter 4, Freedom of Commerce, focuses on the growth in prosperity in the 18th century. The main figure is Adam Smith. The thesis is that trade and commerce under the rule of law generate prosperity. This section, I felt, strayed a good deal sometimes from the "history of liberty". For example, there is a discussion of Bastiat's demonstration of the "broken windows fallacy" which, regardless of its merit, I could not perceive to be closely connected to the history of liberty.
Chapter 5, Civil Liberty, focuses on the expansion of rights in the US from 1776 through 2010, from a nation in which the vote was held by landowning white males to one where it is held by nonlandowning men and women of all colors. It also touches on reproductive liberty. The principal figure is Martin Luther King, Jr. Like the religious freedom chapter, it is not at all controversial but at the same time the authors manage to generate many insights in a short amount of text.
Chapter 6, Psychological Freedom, covers a number of scientific experiments in which people's decisionmaking is shown to be constrained by things like social pressure or the way a choice is phrased. It suggests this topic is relevant to the "history of liberty" because many people are not so interested in political rights as they are in personal independence. I found the connection strained although the topics covered are certainly interesting.
None of the chapters is limited to a recounting of history or dry in any sense. The authors liberally introduce philosophy and political theory into each chapter. They do so in plain and easily comprehended language. Overall, I found it interesting and thought provoking. At the same time, it was not necessarily a rigorously coherent work, more of a compendium of interesting thoughts and ideas centered, sometimes tightly and sometimes loosely, around the topic of freedom and organized in a mostly chronological fashion.
In fairness, I haven't read the last chapter. The person who recommended it to me said it wasn't worth it and I do not want to waste another minute with this book. There are plenty of better books in this genre if you are interested in the topic.