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Freedom's Progress?
In Freedom's Progress?, Gerard Casey argues that the progress of freedom has largely consisted in an intermittent and imperfect transition from tribalism to individualism, from the primacy of the collective to the fragile centrality of the individual person and of freedom. Such a transition is,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Luton, Bedfordshire :
Andrews UK,
2017.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Freedom's Progress?, Gerard Casey argues that the progress of freedom has largely consisted in an intermittent and imperfect transition from tribalism to individualism, from the primacy of the collective to the fragile centrality of the individual person and of freedom. Such a transition is, he argues, neither automatic nor complete, nor are relapses to tribalism impossible. The reason for the fragility of freedom is simple: the importance of individual freedom is simply not obvious to everyone. Most people want security in this world, not liberty. 'Libertarians, ' writes Max Eastman, 'used. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (969 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845409609 1845409604 |