Inventing the individual : the origins of Western liberalism /
"This highly ambitious book asks us to rethink the evolution of the ideas on which modern states are built. Larry Siedentop argues that the core of what is now our system of beliefs, liberalism, emerged much earlier than generally recognised, established not in the Renaissance but by the argume...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books,
2014
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| Summary: | "This highly ambitious book asks us to rethink the evolution of the ideas on which modern states are built. Larry Siedentop argues that the core of what is now our system of beliefs, liberalism, emerged much earlier than generally recognised, established not in the Renaissance but by the arguments of lawyers and philosophers in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. There are large parts of the world--fundamentalist Islam; quasi-capitalist China--where other belief systems flourish. Faced with these challenges, understanding our own ideas' origins is more than ever an important part of knowing who we are."--Publisher's Web site |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 433 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780713996449 0713996447 9780141009544 0141009543 |