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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797285203321

Autore

Danford John W.

Titolo

Roots of freedom : a primer on modern liberty / / John W. Danford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wilmington, Delaware : , : ISI Books, , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

1-4976-4890-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Disciplina

323.09

323/.09

Soggetti

Liberty - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Roots in Ancient Greece; Chapter 2 Roots in Premodern Christianity; Chapter 3 The Emergence from Feudalism; Chapter 4 The Protestant Reformation; Chapter 5 The Modern Project; Chapter 6 Science, Ambition, and Conquest; Chapter 7 Natural Rights and the Natural Condition; Chapter 8 Property and Liberty; Chapter 9 Commerce and Liberty; Chapter 10 Wealth, Cooperation, and Freedom; Chapter 11 Prices and Markets; Chapter 12 American Liberty; Chapter 13 Majority Tyranny; Chapter 14 Free Societies and the Future; Index

Copyright Page

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV>John Danford is Professor of Political Science at Loyola University in Chicago, and is the recipient of numerous teaching awards and distinguished fellowships. He is the author of <I>Wittgenstein and Political Philosophy: A Reexamination of the Foundations of Social Science</I> (University of Chicago Press, 1978) and <I>David Hume and the Problem of Reason: Recovering the Human Sciences </I>(Yale University Press, 1990).<BR /><br clear=""all"" /> <BR /></DIV>