{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-liberty-paperback-softback-9781405170796","title":"A Brief History of Liberty (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405170796","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Brief History of Liberty\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Schmidtz (Author), Jason Brennan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405170796, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 January 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.354 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Although the book has a strongly classical liberal flavour, it also contains some interesting discussion of positive liberty. For one thing, Schmidtz and Brennan argue that the progress of negative liberty in western societies has massively expanded almost everyone's range of real options. For another, they suggest that this greater (negative and positive) external freedom can open the way to a greater internal or psychological\" freedom\". (The Philosophers' Magazine, 13 August 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"Its brevity and simplicity is perhaps understandable, given the historical focus and ambitious scope of the book, and the authors' evident desire to get the light, entertaining and up-beat narrative moving.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Philosopher's Magazine,\u003c\/i\u003e August 2010)\"The book weaves together a number of figures in social, political, philosophical, economic, and even psychological theory, in a way not commonly found, and it does so rather effectively.\" (\u003ci\u003eNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, September 05, 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Schmidtz and Brennan offer their readers insights into the freedom debate by following it through the broad sweep of Western history...[A Brief History of Liberty]... comprehensive notes and bibliographies and...deserve[s] to be taken seriously by those with an interest in liberty.\" \u003ci\u003e(The Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e, summer 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThrough a fusion of philosophical, social scientific, and historical methods, \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive, philosophically-informed portrait of the elusive nature of one of our most cherished ideals.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a succinct yet thorough survey of personal freedom\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the true meaning of liberty, drawing philosophical lessons about liberty from history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the writings of key historical figures from Socrates and Erasmus to Hobbes, Locke, Marx, and Adam Smith\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines philosophical rigor with social scientific analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that liberty refers to a range of related but specific ideas rather than limiting the concept to one definition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Conceptions of Freedom 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Prehistory of Liberty: Forty Thousand Years Ago 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Rule of Law: ad 1075 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Religious Freedom: 1517 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Freedom of Commerce: 1776 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Civil Liberty: 1954 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Psychological Freedom, the Last Frontier: 1963 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 261\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52511346229528,"sku":"9781405170796","price":24.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405170796.jpg?v=1786597118","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-brief-history-of-liberty-paperback-softback-9781405170796","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}