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Author Baum, Bruce

Title Isaiah Berlin and the Politics of Freedom : 'Two Concepts of Liberty' 50 Years Later
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (276 pages)
Series Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
Routledge innovations in political theory.
Contents Cover; Isaiah Berlin and the Politics of Freedom; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributors; Introduction; PART I Berlin in Context; 1 "Two Concepts of Liberty" in Context; 2 In Defence of Berlin: A Reply to James Tully; PART II Rethinking "Positive" and "Negative" Freedom; 3 Defending Isaiah Berlin's Distinctions between Positive and Negative Freedoms; 4 Freedom, Autonomy, and Social Selves; 5 Retrieving Positive Freedom and Why It Matters; 6 Republicanism and the Market in "Two Concepts of Liberty"; PART III Democratic Pluralism and National Self-Determination
7 Berlin and Democracy8 Making Sense of Negative Liberty: Berlin's Antidote to Political Rationalism; 9 Berlin, Tagore, and the Dubious Legitimacy of Nationalism; PART IV Berlin and Critical Theories of Freedom; 10 Berlin, Feminism, and Positive Liberty; 11 From Rationalism to Micro-power: Freedom and Its Enemies; 12 The World of Negative Liberty: Reading Isaiah Berlin through Weak Ontology; 13 Critical Theory, Ecology, and "What's Wrong With Negative Liberty"; References; Index
Summary Since his death in 1997, Isaiah Berlin's writings have generated continual interest among scholars and educated readers, especially in regard to his ideas about liberalism, value pluralism, and ""positive"" and ""negative"" liberty. Most books on Berlin have examined his general political theory, but this volume uses a contemporary perspective to focus specifically on his ideas about freedom and liberty. Isaiah Berlin and the Politics of Freedom brings together an integrated collection of essays by noted and emerging political theorists that commemorate in a critical spi
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Subject Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997. Two concepts of liberty.
Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997.
SUBJECT Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997 fast
Two concepts of liberty (Berlin, Isaiah) fast
Subject Liberty.
Liberalism.
Freedom
freedom.
liberalism.
Liberalism
Liberty
Form Electronic book
Author Nichols, Robert
ISBN 9781135132392
1135132399