Negative Liberties: Morrison, Pynchon, and the Problem of Liberal Ideology

by Cyrus R.K. Patell

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Since the nineteenth century, ideas centered on the individual, on Emersonian self-reliance, and on the right of the individual to the pursuit of happiness have had a tremendous presence in the United States-and even more so after the Reagan era. But has this presence been for the good of all? In Negative Liberties Cyrus R. K. Patell revises important ideas in the debate about individualism and the political theory of liberalism. He does so...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822326698

ISBN13:9780822326694

Release Date:May 2001

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.83 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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