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Individualism and the social order : the social element in liberal thought /
Liberalism is typically misconceived as a philosophy of individualism, which cannot accept that man exists in society and that man's values are shaped by that society. This book attempts to identify the role of community and society in the political and social thought of leading liberal social...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Colección: | Routledge frontiers of political economy ;
55. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Liberalism is typically misconceived as a philosophy of individualism, which cannot accept that man exists in society and that man's values are shaped by that society. This book attempts to identify the role of community and society in the political and social thought of leading liberal social philosophers of the 19th and 20th centuries including John Stuart Mill, Herbert Spencer and Friedrich A. von Hayek. While differing as to the nature of man and society, each thinker examined holds the basic premise that man is not an isolated creature whose life is 'nasty, brutish and short' but r. |
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| Notas: | Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203488725 9780203488720 0415326273 9780415326278 9786610019953 6610019959 9781134340590 1134340591 9781134340545 1134340540 9781134340583 1134340583 9780415655132 0415655137 |