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Covenants without swords : idealist liberalism and the spirit of empire /
Covenants without Swords examines an enduring tension within liberal theory: that between many liberals' professed commitment to universal equality on the one hand, and their historic support for the politics of hierarchy and empire on the other. It does so by examining the work of two extremel...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Covenants without Swords examines an enduring tension within liberal theory: that between many liberals' professed commitment to universal equality on the one hand, and their historic support for the politics of hierarchy and empire on the other. It does so by examining the work of two extremely influential British liberals and internationalists, Gilbert Murray and Alfred Zimmern. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 253 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400826322 1400826322 9780691119922 0691119929 |