British politician Daniel Hannan's Inventing Freedom is an
ambitious account of the historical origin and spread of the
principles that have made America great, and their role in creating
a sphere of economic and political liberty that is as crucial as it
is imperiled.
According to Hannan, the ideas and institutions we consider
essential to maintaining and preserving our freedoms--individual
rights, private property, the rule of law, and the institutions of
representative government--are the legacy of a very specific
tradition that was born in England and that we Americans, along
with other former British colonies, inherited.
By the tenth century, England was a nation-state whose people
were already starting to define themselves with reference to
inherited common-law rights. The story of liberty is the story of
how that model triumphed. How it was enshrined in a series of
landmark victories--the Magna Carta, the English Civil War, the
Glorious Revolution, the U.S. Constitution--and how it came to
defeat every international rival.
Today we see those ideas abandoned and scorned in the places
where they once went unchallenged. Inventing Freedom is a chronicle
of the success of Anglosphere exceptionalism. And it is offered at
a time that may turn out to be the end of the age of political
freedom.
General
Imprint: |
Broadside Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2014 |
First published: |
December 2014 |
Authors: |
Daniel Hannan
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Dimensions: |
204 x 134 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
395 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-223174-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
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LSN: |
0-06-223174-X |
Barcode: |
9780062231741 |
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