Dijn, Annelien De
Freedom: An Unruly History
- ISBN 13:
- 9780674278639
- author:
- Dijn, Annelien De
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Harvard University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 432
- Dimensions:
- 21 x 14.2 x 3 centimetres (0.39
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Politics, History & Theory,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Freedom: An Unruly History
Annelien de Dijn's masterful reappraisal of over two thousand years of Western thinking about freedom reveals that the equation of liberty with restraints on state power was not a natural outcome of secular trends, but rather a deliberate and dramatic rupture.
She argues that this reversal was propelled by an antidemocratic backlash following the French and American Revolutions, challenging our understanding of the roots of political polarization and the meaning of freedom in the Western tradition.
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