The Traditions of Liberty in the Atlantic World - Origins, Ideas and Practices

This volume brings together notions of political liberty that arose in the English, Portuguese and Spanish Atlantic world, commencing with their inception in the colonial period, following with the independence of the Americas and the subsequent efforts to build constitutional order.

About the author

Francisco Colom González, Ph.D., is Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council. He has authored and edited several monographs on political theory and intellectual history, including Relatos de nación. La construcción de las identidades en el mundo hispánico (2005).

Angel Rivero, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Autonomous University of Madrid. He has extensively written on political philosophy, ideologies and nationalism. His latest book is La constitución de la nación (2011), which won the >
Contributors: Cicero Araujo, Rubem Barboza Filho, Francisco Colom González, Michel Ducharme, José María Hernández Losada, Gabriela Nunes Ferreira, Anthony Pagden, Angel Rivero, and Ambrosio Velasco

Product details

• Assisted by: Francisco Colom González (Editor), Angel Rivero (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2015
• EAN: 9789004299641
• ISBN: 978-90-04-29964-1
• No. of pages: 218
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Atlantic World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous