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Wittgenstein on Sensation and Perception (Hardcover): Michael Hymers Wittgenstein on Sensation and Perception (Hardcover)
Michael Hymers
R4,355 Discovery Miles 43 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers two novel claims about Wittgenstein's views and methods on perception as explored in the Philosophical Investigations. The first is an interpretive claim about Wittgenstein: that his views on sensation and perception, including his critique of private language, have their roots in his reflections on sense-datum theories and on what Hymers calls the misleading metaphor of phenomenal space. The second is a major philosophical claim: that Wittgenstein's critique of the misleading metaphor of phenomenal space is of ongoing relevance to current debates concerning first-person authority and the problem of perception because we are still tempted to draw inferences about the phenomenal that only apply to the physical. Many contemporary discussions of these topics are thus premised on the very confusions Wittgenstein sought to dispel. This book will appeal to Wittgenstein scholars who are interested in the Philosophical Investigations and to philosophers of perception who may think that Wittgenstein's views are mistaken, irrelevant, or already adequately appreciated.

The Art of Logic - How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn't (Paperback): Eugenia Cheng The Art of Logic - How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn't (Paperback)
Eugenia Cheng 1
R355 R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 Save R71 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

For thousands of years, mathematicians have used the timeless art of logic to see the world more clearly. In The Art of Logic, Royal Society Science Book Prize nominee Eugenia Cheng shows how anyone can think like a mathematician - and see, argue and think better.

Learn how to simplify complex decisions without over-simplifying them. Discover the power of analogies and the dangers of false equivalences. Find out how people construct misleading arguments, and how we can argue back.

Eugenia Cheng teaches us how to find clarity without losing nuance, taking a careful scalpel to the complexities of politics, privilege, sexism and dozens of other real-world situations. Her Art of Logic is a practical and inspiring guide to decoding the modern world.

Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics, c.1500-1800 (Hardcover): Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, Adam Morton Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics, c.1500-1800 (Hardcover)
Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, Adam Morton
R3,916 Discovery Miles 39 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics examines the roles that queens consort played in dynastic politics and cultural transfer between their natal and marital courts during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This collection of essays analyses the part that these queens played in European politics, showing how hard and soft power, high politics and cultural influences, cannot be strictly separated. It shows that the root of these consorts' power lay in their dynastic networks and the extent to which they cultivated them. The consorts studied in this book come from territories such as Austria, Braunschweig, Hanover, Poland, Portugal, Prussia and Saxony and travel to, among other places, Britain, Naples, Russia, Spain and Sweden. The various chapters address different types of cultural manifestation, among them collecting, portraiture, panegyric poetry, libraries, theatre and festivals, learning, genealogical literature and architecture. The volume significantly shifts the direction of scholarship by moving beyond a focus on individual historical women to consider 'queens consort' as a category, making it valuable reading for students and scholars of early modern gender and political history.

Responsibility in an Interconnected World - International Assistance, Duty, and Action (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016): Susan P.... Responsibility in an Interconnected World - International Assistance, Duty, and Action (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Susan P. Murphy
R1,485 Discovery Miles 14 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This monograph opens with an examination of the aid industry and the claims of leading practitioners that the industry is experiencing a crisis of confidence due to an absence of clear moral guidelines. The book then undertakes a critical review of the leading philosophical accounts of the duty to aid, including the narrow, instructive accounts in the writings of John Rawls and Peter Singer, and broad, disruptive accounts in the writings of Onora O'Neill and Amartya Sen. Through an elaboration of the elements of interconnection, responsible action, inclusive engagement, and accumulative duties, the comparative approach developed in the book has the potential to overcome the philosophical tensions between the accounts and provide guidance to aid practitioners, donors and recipients in the complex contemporary circumstances of assistance. Informed by real world examples, this book grapples with complex and multi-dimensional questions concerning practices and the ethics of aid. The author judiciously guides us through the debate between deontological and consequentialist moral theories to arrive at a sophisticated consequentialist account that does justice to the complexity of the problems and facilitates our deliberation in discharging our duty to aid, without yielding, as it should not, a determinate answer for each specific situation. Researchers, students, and practitioners of international aid will all find this book rewarding. Win-chiat Lee, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, Wake Forest University Susan Murphy's book offers us a sophisticated exploration of the philosophical basis for aid. It is grounded in a full understanding of the complexities and pitfalls of the aid industry, but its particular strength lies, mainly through an extensive discussion of Singer, Rawls, O'Neill and Sen, in a comparison of consequentialist and duty-based approaches, eventually endorsing a broad non-idealised, situated consequentialist account in what she calls an interconnected ethical approach to the practice of assistance. For anyone wanting to think carefully about why we should give aid, this book has much to offer. Dr Nigel Dower Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Aberdeen Author of World Ethics - the New Agenda (2007)

Bioethics: The Basics - The Basics (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Alastair Campbell Bioethics: The Basics - The Basics (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Alastair Campbell
R2,889 Discovery Miles 28 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bioethics: The Basics is an introduction to the foundational principles, theories and issues in the study of medical and biological ethics. Readers are introduced to bioethics from the ground up before being invited to consider some of the most controversial but important questions facing us today. Topics addressed include: the range of moral theories underpinning bioethics arguments for the rights and wrongs of abortion, euthanasia and animal research health care ethics including the nature of the practitioner-patient relationship public policy ethics and the implications of global and public health '3 parents', enhancement, incidental findings and nudge approaches in health care. This thoroughly revised second edition provides a concise, readable and authoritative introduction for anyone interested in the study of bioethics.

This Thread of Gold - A Celebration of Black Womanhood (Hardcover): Cat White This Thread of Gold - A Celebration of Black Womanhood (Hardcover)
Cat White
R601 R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Save R114 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

For centuries, Black women have been written out of the dominant narrative, their stories untold, their art appropriated. Many of them found ways to resist. Some of these acts of resistance happened in secret, in kitchens, churches, through trusted networks. Others were projected onto a global stage through art, politics and activism. Cat White's book is an attempt to correct the historical record and to inspire a generation of readers. From Malinda Russell, the author of the earliest known cookbook by a Black woman to Negritude - a literary, cultural and intellectual movement aimed at raising Black consciousness across Africa and its diaspora, Cat features women from across time and space, liberating them from stereotypes ('strong Black woman') allowing them emotional nuance, individual motivation and richness of expression.

Small Arcs of Larger Circles - Framing Through Other Patterns (Paperback): Nora Bateson Small Arcs of Larger Circles - Framing Through Other Patterns (Paperback)
Nora Bateson
R535 R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Save R51 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This is a collection of essays, reflections and poems by Nora Bateson, the noted research designer, film-maker, writer and lecturer. She is the daughter of Gregory Bateson and president of the International Bateson Institute (IBI). Building on Gregory Bateson's famous book Towards an Ecology of Mind and her own film on the subject, Nora Bateson here updates our thinking on systems and ecosystems, applying her own insights and those of her team at IBI to education, organisations, complexity, academia, and the way that society organizes itself. She also introduces the term symmathesy to describe the contextual mutual learning through interaction that takes place in living entities at larger or smaller scales. While she retains her father's rigorous attention to definition, observation and academic precision, she also moves well beyond that frame of reference to incorporate more embodied ways of knowing and understanding. These are reflected in her essays and poems on food, Christmas, love, honesty, environmentalism and leadership. [Subject: Systems thinking, education, social anthropology, environmentalism, Bateson, symmathesy]

Doing Good Better - How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about... Doing Good Better - How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back (Paperback)
William MacAskill
R469 R388 Discovery Miles 3 880 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Markets without Limits - Moral Virtues and Commercial Interests (Paperback, 2nd edition): Peter Jaworski, Jason F Brennan Markets without Limits - Moral Virtues and Commercial Interests (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Peter Jaworski, Jason F Brennan
R1,147 Discovery Miles 11 470 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

May you sell your spare kidney? May gay men pay surrogates to bear them children? Should we allow betting markets on terrorist attacks and natural disasters? May spouses pay each other to do the dishes, watch the kids, or have sex? Should we allow the rich to genetically engineer gifted, beautiful children? May you ever sell your vote? Most people-and many philosophers-shudder at these questions. To put some goods and services for sale offends human dignity. If everything is commodified, then nothing is sacred. The market corrodes our character. In this expanded second edition of Markets without Limits, Jason Brennan and Peter M. Jaworski say it is now past time to give markets a fair hearing. The market does not, the authors claim, introduce wrongness where there was not any previously. Thus, the question of what rightfully may be bought and sold has a simple answer: if you may do it for free, you may do it for money. Contrary to the conservative consensus, Brennan and Jaworski claim there are no inherent limits to what can be bought and sold, but only restrictions on how we buy and sell. Key Updates and Revisions to the Second Edition: Includes revised introductory chapters to further clarify what's at stake in the commodification debate. Provides easier-to-follow chapters on semiotic objections, stronger analyses of these objections, and more evidence of these objections' widespread pervasiveness. Offers cogent responses to several recent papers that have raised counterexamples to the authors' thesis. Includes new empirical evidence on the ways markets sometimes crowd in virtue and altruism. Analyzes the topics of blackmail and "associative" objections to markets. Includes new material on issues surrounding exploitation and coercion, selling citizenship, residency rights, and arguments about "dignity" as objections to markets.

Political Philosophy After 1945 (Paperback): Alan Haworth Political Philosophy After 1945 (Paperback)
Alan Haworth
R1,061 Discovery Miles 10 610 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Most books on post-war political philosophy focus on Rawls only: this books includes a thorough introduction to topics and thinkers often omitted, such as Hannah Arendt and Karl Popper on totalitarianism Alan Haworth is already well-known for his excellent introduction to political philosophy, Understanding the Political Philosophers (second edition, 2912, Routledge) Blends analysis of key thinkers and key concepts and themes, whereas most books concentrate on one or the other

How Rich Should the 1% Be? - Proportional Justice and Economic Inequality (Paperback): Nunzio Ali How Rich Should the 1% Be? - Proportional Justice and Economic Inequality (Paperback)
Nunzio Ali
R1,096 Discovery Miles 10 960 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Nunzio Ali's Proportional Justice and Economic Inequality - Explores how social justice correlates with economic inequality to favour the best-off and advocates for a system of proportional justice. - discusses the primary rules of society and material domination in contemporary politics; how money influences politics and what are the remedies for this phenomenon; the space of 'merit' in a liberal democracy; social justice faces the questions of power, poverty, efficiency, individual merit, and economic liberties; and most importantly, how to determine income and wealth limit ratios in a liberal democracy. - will be of great interest to students and researchers of political theory, political philosophy, economics and development, economics theory and philosophy, and social policy.

W. R. Bion's Theories of Mind - A Contemporary Introduction (Paperback): Annie Reiner W. R. Bion's Theories of Mind - A Contemporary Introduction (Paperback)
Annie Reiner
R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Accessibly written and intends to demonstrate Bion's ideas through 'feeling' rather than logic by using poetry, literature, philosophy and art. Examines topics including the "no-thing", the impact of trauma on development, and the development of and controversy surrounding Bion's concept of O. Examples and clinical case studies used throughout.

The Third Reign of Louis XIV, c.1682-1715 (Hardcover): Julia Prest, Guy Rowlands The Third Reign of Louis XIV, c.1682-1715 (Hardcover)
Julia Prest, Guy Rowlands
R4,204 Discovery Miles 42 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The personal rule of Louis XIV, following on from a long period of royal minority and apprenticeship, lasted 54 years from 1661 to 1715. But the second half of this personal rule has, until recently, received significantly less scholarly attention than the 1660s and 1670s. This has obscured some of the very real changes and developments that occurred between the early 1680s and the mid-1690s, by which time a new generation of younger royals had come to prominence, France was engulfed in international war on a greater scale than ever before, and the king was visibly no longer as vigorous or healthy as he had once been. The essays in this volume take a close look at the way a new set of political, social, cultural and economic dispensations emerged from the mid-1680s to create a different France in the final decades of Louis XIV's reign, even though the basic ideological, social and economic underpinnings of the country remained very largely the same. The contributions examine such varied matters as the structure and practices of government, naval power, the financial operations of the state, trade and commerce, social pressures, overseas expansion, religious dissent, music, literature and the fine arts.

Communism (Works of Harold J. Laski) (Paperback): Harold J. Laski Communism (Works of Harold J. Laski) (Paperback)
Harold J. Laski
R1,181 Discovery Miles 11 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume bases a clear and unbiased account of Communist philosophy on the Marxian Materialist Concept of History and Marxian Theory of Value. The spear-head of Marxism is its doctrine of class-struggle and from this Laski sets out on in his exposition of the Communist attitude. Although first published in 1927, the intervening years have in no way detracted from the intrinsic value of this enlightening study, regarded by many as the essential textbook for the understanding of this subject.

Historical Foundations of Informal Logic (Paperback): Douglas Walton, Alan Brinton Historical Foundations of Informal Logic (Paperback)
Douglas Walton, Alan Brinton
R1,613 Discovery Miles 16 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In just the last twenty years there has arisen a strong interest, especially among teachers of logic at the universities, in teaching techniques of applied logical reasoning and critical thinking. Many universities are now stressing these skills at an introductory level, and to meet the need, informal logic has begun to form and grow as a discipline in its own right. Like all subjects, it helps us to understand it if we can situate it in a context of historical development. This collection of essays provides the readings required to understand the development of a subject whose historical origins have been so far little studied. Many of the chapters are written by scholars in philosophy and speech communication who are themselves leading contributors to the subject, and their contemporary views throw light on how these earlier writers have influenced their thinking. This dimension gives an added interest to the essays, and indicates the way informal logic is currently evolving and seeking out its ancient historical origins.

Philosophy of Language - 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments (Paperback): Michael P. Wolf Philosophy of Language - 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments (Paperback)
Michael P. Wolf
R1,130 Discovery Miles 11 300 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book offers readers a collection of 50 short chapter entries on topics in the philosophy of language. Each entry addresses a paradox, a longstanding puzzle, or a major theme that has emerged in the field from the last 150 years, tracing overlap with issues in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, ethics, political philosophy, and literature. Each of the 50 entries is written as a piece that can stand on its own, though useful connections to other entries are mentioned throughout the text. Readers can open the book and start with almost any of the entries, following themes of greatest interest to them. Each entry includes recommendations for further reading on the topic. Philosophy of Language: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments is useful as a standalone textbook, or can be supplemented by additional readings that instructors choose. The accessible style makes it suitable for introductory level through intermediate undergraduate courses, as well as for independent learners, or even as a reference for more advanced students and researchers. Key Features: Uses a problem-centered approach to philosophy of language (rather than author- or theory-centered) making the text more inviting to first-time students of the subject. Offers stand-alone chapters, allowing students to quickly understand an issue and giving instructors flexibility in assigning readings to match the themes of the course. Provides up-to-date recommended readings at the end of each chapter, or about 500 sources in total, amounting to an extensive review of the literature on each topic.

Reconnecting Aestheticism and Modernism - Continuities, Revisions, Speculations (Hardcover): Benedicte Coste, Catherine... Reconnecting Aestheticism and Modernism - Continuities, Revisions, Speculations (Hardcover)
Benedicte Coste, Catherine Delyfer, Christine Reynier
R4,199 Discovery Miles 41 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Charting the period that extends from the 1860s to the 1940s, this volume offers fresh perspectives on Aestheticism and Modernism. By acknowledging that both movements had a passion for the 'new', it goes beyond the alleged divide between Modernism and its predecessors. Rather than reading the modernist credo, 'Make it New!', as a desire to break away from the past, the authors of this book suggest reading it as a continuation and a reappropriation of the spirit of the 'New' that characterizes Aestheticism. Basing their arguments on recent reassessments of Aestheticism and Modernism and their articulation, contributors take up the challenge of interrogating the connections, continuities, and intersections between the two movements, thus revealing the working processes of cultural and aesthetic change so as to reassess the value of the new for each. Attending to well-known writers such as Waugh, Woolf, Richardson, Eliot, Pound, Ford, Symons, Wilde, and Hopkins, as well as to hitherto neglected figures such as Lucas Malet, L.S. Gibbon, Leonard Woolf, or George Egerton, they revise assumptions about Aestheticism and Modernism and their very definitions. This collection brings together international scholars specializing in Aestheticism or Modernism who push their analyses beyond their strict period of expertise and take both movements into account through exciting approaches that borrow from aesthetics, philosophy, or economics. The volume proposes a corrective to the traditional narratives of the history of Aestheticism and Modernism, revitalizing definitions of these movements and revealing new directions in aestheticist and modernist studies.

The Analysis of Mind (Hardcover): Bertrand Russell The Analysis of Mind (Hardcover)
Bertrand Russell; Introduction by Thomas Baldwin
R3,849 Discovery Miles 38 490 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A classic work from early in Russell's career and his major engagement with the nature of the mind Set the path for much of his subsequent philosophical beliefs about mind and consciousness Revised and updated Introduction by Thomas Baldwin places the book in helpful historical and philosophical context

Human Rights and Social Justice - Key Issues and Vulnerable Populations (Paperback): Carole Cox, Tina Maschi Human Rights and Social Justice - Key Issues and Vulnerable Populations (Paperback)
Carole Cox, Tina Maschi
R1,084 Discovery Miles 10 840 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

- Integrates broad and comprehensive coverage of human rights and social justice challenges for vulnerable and marginalized populations, including refugees and migrants; persons involved in the criminal justice system; older adults; and groups facing oppression because of their race, culture, ethnicity, sexuality, and/or religion. - Leading scholarly experts in their respected areas (e.g., health and mental health; economic justice; etc.) draw valuable connections between theory and practice and provide case studies to illustrate how concepts apply and appear in real-life settings. - Develops an integrated social justice/human rights theoretical model that can be applied across methods, populations, and fields of practice.

Public Health and Globalisation - Why a National Health Service is Morally Indefensible (Paperback): Iain Brassington Public Health and Globalisation - Why a National Health Service is Morally Indefensible (Paperback)
Iain Brassington
R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The author claims that there are good arguments for a public health service that do not amount to arguments for a national health service, but for something that looks far more like a transnational health service.

The Metaphysics of Identity (Hardcover): Andre Gallois The Metaphysics of Identity (Hardcover)
Andre Gallois
R4,349 Discovery Miles 43 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The philosophical problem of identity and the related problem of change go back to the ancient Greek philosophers and fascinated later figures including Leibniz, Locke, and Hume. Heraclitus argued that one could not swim in the same river twice because new waters were ever flowing in. When is a river not the same river? If one removes one plank at a time when is a ship no longer a ship? What is the basic nature of identity and persistence? In this book, Andre Gallois introduces and assesses the philosophical puzzles posed by things persisting through time. Beginning with essential historical background to the problem he explores the following key topics and debates: mereology and identity, including arguments from 'Leibniz's Law' the constitution view of identity the 'relative identity' argument concerning identity temporary identity four-dimensionalism, counterpart and multiple counterpart theory supervenience the problem of temporary intrinsics the necessity of identity Indeterminate identity presentism criteria of identity conventionalism about identity. Including chapter summaries, annotated further reading and a glossary, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking a clear and informative introduction to and assessment of the metaphysics of identity.

Nation Building in Kurdistan - Memory, Genocide and Human Rights (Hardcover): Mohammed Ihsan Nation Building in Kurdistan - Memory, Genocide and Human Rights (Hardcover)
Mohammed Ihsan
R4,352 Discovery Miles 43 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Kurdish people and the Kurdish Regional Government faced huge challenges rebuilding their nation and identity after the atrocities and human rights abuses committed by Saddam Hussein and his regime. In 2005 a new Iraqi constitution recognized as genocide the persecution of Faylee Kurds, the disappearance of 8,000 males belonging to the Barzanis and the chemical attacks of Anfal and Halabja paving the way to the investigations and claim by Kurdish people. This book provides in-depth analysis of the tensions caused by the Kurdish experience, the claim for the independence of a united Kurdistan and the wider tendency towards political and social fragmentation in Iraqi society.

The Anglo-American Tradition of Liberty - A view from Europe (Hardcover, New Ed): Joao Espada The Anglo-American Tradition of Liberty - A view from Europe (Hardcover, New Ed)
Joao Espada
R4,210 Discovery Miles 42 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Joao Carlos Espada's provocative survey of a group of key Anglo-American and European political thinkers argues that there is a distinctive, Anglo-American tradition of liberty that is one of the core pillars of the Free World. Giving a broad overview of the tradition through summaries of the careers and ideas of fourteen of its key thinkers, neglected despite having been tremendously influential in the tradition of liberty, the author engages with current set ideas about the meaning of 'liberal' and 'conservative' to offer an engaging, intellectual case for liberal democracy.

Obligations - New Trajectories in Law (Paperback): Scott Veitch Obligations - New Trajectories in Law (Paperback)
Scott Veitch
R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Obligations: New Trajectories in Law provides a critical analysis of the role of obligations in contemporary legal and social practices. As rights have become the preeminent feature of modern political and legal discourse, the work of obligations has been overshadowed. Questioning and correcting this dominant image of our time, this book brings obligations back into view in a way that fits better with the realities of contemporary social life. Following a historical account of the changing place and priorities of obligations in modernity, the book analyses how obligations and practices of obedience are core to understanding how law sustains conditions of inequality. But it also explores the enduring role obligations play in furthering individual and collective well-being, highlighting their significance in practices that prioritize human and environmental needs, common goods, and solidarity. In doing so, it also offers an alternative and cogent assessment of the force, and the potential, of obligations in contemporary societies. This original jurisprudential contribution will appeal to an academic and student readership in law, politics, and the social sciences.

Freedom - An Unruly History (Paperback): Annelien De Dijn Freedom - An Unruly History (Paperback)
Annelien De Dijn
R610 R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Save R102 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Winner of the PROSE Award An NRC Handelsblad Best Book of the Year "Ambitious and impressive...At a time when the very survival of both freedom and democracy seems uncertain, books like this are more important than ever." -The Nation "Helps explain how partisans on both the right and the left can claim to be protectors of liberty, yet hold radically different understandings of its meaning...This deeply informed history of an idea has the potential to combat political polarization." -Publishers Weekly "Ambitious and bold, this book will have an enormous impact on how we think about the place of freedom in the Western tradition." -Samuel Moyn, author of Not Enough "Brings remarkable clarity to a big and messy subject...New insights and hard-hitting conclusions about the resistance to democracy make this essential reading for anyone interested in the roots of our current dilemmas." -Lynn Hunt, author of History: Why It Matters For centuries people in the West identified freedom with the ability to exercise control over the way in which they were governed. The equation of liberty with restraints on state power-what most people today associate with freedom-was a deliberate and dramatic rupture with long-established ways of thinking. So what triggered this fateful reversal? In a masterful and surprising reappraisal of more than two thousand years of Western thinking about freedom, Annelien de Dijn argues that this was not the natural outcome of such secular trends as the growth of religious tolerance or the creation of market societies. Rather, it was propelled by an antidemocratic backlash following the French and American Revolutions. The notion that freedom is best preserved by shrinking the sphere of government was not invented by the revolutionaries who created our modern democracies-it was first conceived by their critics and opponents. De Dijn shows that far from following in the path of early American patriots, today's critics of "big government" owe more to the counterrevolutionaries who tried to undo their work.

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