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Hardcover Liberty as Independence: The Making and Unmaking of a Political Ideal Book

ISBN: 110702773X

ISBN13: 9781107027732

Liberty as Independence: The Making and Unmaking of a Political Ideal

What does liberty entail? How have concepts of liberty changed over time? And what are the global consequences? This book surveys the history of rival views of liberty from antiquity to modern times. Quentin Skinner traces the understanding of liberty as independence from the classical ideal to early modern Britain, culminating in the claims of the Whig oligarchy to have transformed this idea into reality. Yet, with the Whig vision of a free state...

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Format: Hardcover

Release Date: 1/31/2025

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