1st Edition

Freedom and Culture in Western Society

By Hans Blokland Copyright 1997
319 Pages
by Routledge

319 Pages
by Routledge

394 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
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

Biography

Hans Blokland