Farewell to Freedom A Western Genealogy of Liberty

Understandings of freedom are often discussed in moral, theological, legal and political terms, but they are not often set in a historical perspective, and they are even more rarely considered within their specific language context. From Homeric poems to contemporary works, the author traces the wor...

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Main Author: Baldissone, Riccardo (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Westminster Press 2018
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