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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157853203321

Autore

Levy Jacob T

Titolo

Rationalism, pluralism, and freedom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-178590-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages)

Disciplina

320.5109

Soggetti

Liberalism - History

Cultural pluralism

Law, Politics & Government

Human Rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Freedom, associations, and uniformity -- Two approaches -- Reunderstanding intermediate groups -- Antecedents and foundations -- The ancient constitution, the social contract, and the modern state -- Montesquieu and Voltaire, philosophes and parlements -- The age of revolutions -- Centralization in a democratic age : Tocqueville and Mill -- From liberal constitutionalism to pluralism -- The constitution of group life -- Associations are not states -- ; Conclusion: Against synthesis.

Sommario/riassunto

This title offers an original account of the history of liberal thought, one grounded in an institutional history of medieval pluralism and the early modern rationalising state, and explores the deep tensions that liberal political thought rests upon.