Freedom

Annelien De Dijn

eBook - 2020

Winner of the PROSE AwardAn NRC Handelsblad Best Book of the Year"Ambitious and impressive...At a time when the very survival of both freedom and democracy seems uncertain, books like this are more important than ever."—The Nation"Helps explain how partisans on both the right and the left can claim to be protectors of liberty, yet hold radically different understandings of its meaning...This deeply informed history of an idea has the potential to combat political polarization."—Publishers Weekly"Ambitious and bold, this book will have an enormous impact on how we think about the place of freedom in the Western tradition."—Samuel Moyn, author of Not Enough"Brings remarkable clarity to a big and messy ...subject...New insights and hard-hitting conclusions about the resistance to democracy make this essential reading for anyone interested in the roots of our current dilemmas."—Lynn Hunt,...

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Published
Harvard University Press
Language
English
Main Author
Annelien De Dijn
Online Access
Overdrive Resource Page
Format
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Adobe EPUB eBook
File Size46 GB
ISBN9780674245594
Release Date8/25/2020
Kindle Book
ASINB082DKPCHG
Release Date8/25/2020
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780674245594
Release Date8/25/2020