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Freedom and Culture in Western Society

By Hans Blokland

Published March 13th 1997 by Routledge – 336 pages

Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

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Critically examining conceptions of freedom of some of the leading contemporary philosophers from Isaiah Berlin to Charles Taylor, Hans Blokland explores the value and significance that freedom has acquired on our political consciousness. He looks specifically at:

* positive and negative freedom

* freedom of the individual

* freedom and society

* emancipation and paternalism

* freedom and cultural politics.

Name: Freedom and Culture in Western Society (Hardback) – Routledge 
Description: By Hans Blokland. Critically examining conceptions of freedom of some of the leading contemporary philosophers from Isaiah Berlin to Charles Taylor, Hans Blokland explores the value and significance that freedom has acquired on our political consciousness. He looks...
Categories: Politics & International Relations, Political Theory, Political Sociology