1st Edition

Libertarian Thought in Nineteenth Century Britain Freedom, Equality and Authority

By William R. McKercher Copyright 1987
396 Pages
by Routledge

396 Pages
by Routledge

396 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1987, aims to characterise and identify the intellectual heritage of the proponents of the libertarian tradition. To set this within a theoretical framework, these ideas will be examined by using the pragmatic and conceptual formulations of freedom and authority, two notions which are central to any understanding of political philosophy in the nineteenth and... Read more

Acknowledgements;  Preface;  Table of Contents;  1. A Libertarian Critique of the Essay ‘On Liberty’  2. The Writings of William Morris as an Expression of Libertarian Thought  3. Libertarian Propaganda and Personalities in England  4. The Notion of Authority  5. Liberty and Freedom;  Conclusion;  Footnotes;  Select Bibliography

Biography

William R. McKercher