1.

Record Nr.

UNICASTO00705034

Autore

Agustoni, Luigi

Titolo

1: Principi fondamentali / Luigi Agustoni, Johannes Berchmans Göschl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Torre D'Orfeo, 1998

ISBN

8885147496

Descrizione fisica

442 p. ; 24 cm.

Altri autori (Persone)

Göschl, Johannes Berchmans

Disciplina

782.3222

Soggetti

Canto gregoriano - Studi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910272353203321

Autore

Mehta Uday Singh

Titolo

The Anxiety of Freedom : Imagination and Individuality in Locke's Political Thought / / Uday Singh Mehta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cornell University Press, 2018

Ithaca, N.Y. : , : Cornell University Press, , 1992

©1992

ISBN

9781501726385

1501726382

9781501726392

1501726390

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 pages)

Collana

Contestations

Disciplina

320/.01

Soggetti

Individuality

Imagination

Authority

Liberty

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-181) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Critique of Scriptural Politics -- 3. Curiosity, Imagination, and Madness -- 4. Molding Individuality: Direction and Compromise -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The enduring appeal of liberalism lies in its commitment to the idea that human beings have a "natural" potential to live as free and equal individuals. The realization of this potential, however, is not a matter of nature, but requires that people be molded by a complex constellation of political and educational institutions. In this eloquent and provocative book, Uday Singh Mehta investigates in the major writings of John Locke the implications of this tension between individuals and the institutions that mold them. The process of molding, he demonstrates, involves an external conformity and an internal self-restraint that severely limit the scope of individuality.Mehta explores the centrality of the human imagination in Locke's thought, focusing on his obsession with the potential dangers of the cognitive realm. Underlying Locke's fears regarding the excesses of the imagination is a political anxiety concerning how to limit their potential effects. In light of Locke's views on education, Mehta concludes that the promise of liberation at the heart of liberalism is vitiated by its constraints on cognitive and political freedom.