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The Anxiety of Freedom : Imagination and Individuality in Locke's Political Thought.
The enduring appeal of liberalism lies in its commitment to the idea that human beings have a "natural" potential to live as free and equal individuals. The realization of this potential, however, is not a matter of nature, but requires that people be molded by a complex constellation of p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Anxiety of Freedom; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Passions of the Mind; Madness and the Imagination; Below the Threshold: Liberals and Communitarians; Obscured Beginnings; 2. The Critique of Scriptural Politics; Scriptural Politics: An Underlying Discourse; Prescribing the Context; Paternity and Property; The Emergence of a Political Narrative; Binding Men's Consciences; 3. Curiosity, Imagination, and Madness; The Naturalistic Problematic: Interests and Appetites; Curiosity and the ""Busy Mind; Madness and the Imagination; 4. Molding Individuality: Direction and Compromise.
- Education and the Malleability of the MindSelf-Restraint and Submission; The Privatization of Public Standards; Distinctions: A Sense of Self and One's Place in the World; The Political Compromise of Individuality; 5. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.