189 Pages
by
Routledge
189 Pages
by
Routledge
189 Pages
by
Routledge
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Isaiah Berlin made a now classic distinction between negative and positive conceptions of freedom. In this book Yildiz Silier introduces a fresh way of looking at these conceptions and presents a new defence of the positive conception of freedom. Revealing how the internal debate between various versions of negative freedom give rise to hybrid conceptions of freedom which in turn are superseded by... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Part I The Negative Conception of Freedom: Hayek's notion of freedom; Constraints on freedom; Free action, free person and free society; Limits of negative freedom in capitalism; The hybrid view. Part II The Positive Conception of Freedom: Green's notion of freedom; Kant on rational self-determination; Hegel on concrete freedom; Communitarians on the social context of freedom; Freedom as the power for self-determination; The historical account: freedoms and unfreedoms in capitalism. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Yildiz Silier
