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Rethinking Positive and Negative Liberty (Paperback)
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Rethinking Positive and Negative Liberty (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
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This book argues that the distinction between positive and negative
freedom remains highly pertinent today, despite having fallen out
of fashion in the late twentieth century. It proposes a new reading
of this distinction for the twenty-first century, building on the
work of Constant, Green and Berlin who led the historical
development of these ideas. The author defends the idea that
freedom is a dynamic interaction between two inseparable, yet
sometimes fundamentally, opposed positive and negative concepts -
the yin and yang of freedom. Positive freedom is achieved when one
succeeds in doing what is right, while negative freedom is achieved
when one is able to advance one's wellbeing. In an environment of
culture wars, resurging populism and challenge to progressive
liberal values, recognising the duality of freedom can help us
better understand the political dilemmas we face and point the way
forward. The book analyses the duality of freedom in more
philosophical depth than previous studies and places it within the
context of both historical and contemporary political thinking. It
will be of interest to students and scholars of liberalism and
political theory.
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