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As If God Existed : Religion and Liberty in the History of Italy /

Religion and liberty are often thought to be mutual enemies: if religion has a natural ally, it is authoritarianism--not republicanism or democracy. But in this book, Maurizio Viroli, a leading historian of republican political thought, challenges this conventional wisdom. He argues that political e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Viroli, Maurizio (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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