Freedom and Culture in Western Society

Informationen zum Autor Hans Blokland Klappentext Critically examining the 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 in our political consciousness. Zusammenfassung Critically examining the 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 in our political consciousness. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. General Introduction 2. Isaiah Berlin on Positive and Negative Freedom 3. Freedom of the Individual 4. Freedom and Society 5. Emancipation and Paternalism 6. Final Balance and Synthesis: Freedom and Cultural Politics 7. Culture, Politics and Freedom, Epilogue, Bibliography Freedom & Autonomy, Bibliography Arts & Culture, Index

Product details

• Authors: Hans Blokland
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9781138974630
• ISBN: 978-1-138-97463-0
• No. of pages: 394
• Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought; Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education