Freedom and Culture in Western Society (Hardcover, annotated edition)

Critically examining the conceptions of freedom of some of the leading contemporary philosophers from Isaiah Berlin to Charles Taylor, this text explores the value and significance that freedom has acquired in our political consciousness. It looks specifically at: positive and negative freedom; freedom of the individual; freedom and society; emancipation and paternalism; and freedom and cultural politics on a theoretical level. The author aims to show that it is possible to have a discussion and reach a consensus on the meaning of contested concepts such as freedom and autonomy. Crucially, he addresses the question of how this conception might be applied to the real world, offering practical ways of increasing individual freedom in modern liberal Western democracies. First published in Dutch in 1991 this book won the "Pieter de la Court" award of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts Sciences and the 1992 political science award of the Netherlands Political Science Association. It has been updated to include material from the United States, Great Britain, France and Sweden as well as from the Netherlands.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Release date:	March 1997
First published:	1995
Authors:	Hans Blokland
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	319
Edition:	annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-15000-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Freedom of information & freedom of speech Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	0-415-15000-0
Barcode:	9780415150002

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