The Liberty Of Ancients Compared With That Of Moderns 1816

Author : Benjamin Constant
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Liberty of Ancients Compared with that of Moderns written by Benjamin Constant and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an essay by Benjamin Constant. In this essay, Constant contrasted two views on freedom: one held by "the Ancients," particularly those in Classical Greece, and the other by members of modern societies. He investigates the dangers of attempting to impose ancient liberty in a modern context, as well as the risks associated with each type of liberty. The danger of ancient liberty was that men, preoccupied with securing their share of social power, might place too little value on individual rights and pleasures. The danger of modern liberty is that we will give up our right to participate in political power too easily, absorbed in the enjoyment of our independence and the pursuit of our particular interests." Constant believes that the two types of liberty must eventually be combined.

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Total Pages : 18 pages
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Publisher : Broadview Press
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Total Pages : 1129 pages
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Download or read book The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought written by and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on with total page 1129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Emmanuelle Jouannet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107018943
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Liberal-Welfarist Law of Nations written by Emmanuelle Jouannet and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emmanuelle Jouannet explores the concept of international law from the European Enlightenment to the post-Cold War world.

Author : Jeff Horn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197529933
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of a Terrorist written by Jeff Horn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about the French Revolution and especially its bloody phase known as the Reign of Terror. The actions of the leaders who unleashed the massacres and public executions, especially Maximilien Robespierre and Georges Danton, are well known. They inspired many soldiers in the Revolutionary cause, who did not survive, let alone thrive, in the post-Revolutionary world. In this work of historical reconstruction, Jeff Horn recounts the life of Alexandre Rousselin and narrates the history of the age of the French Revolution from the perspective of an eyewitness. From a young age, Rousselin worked for and with some of the era's most important men and women, giving him access to the corridors of power. Dedication to the ideals of the Revolution led him to accept the need for a system of Terror to save the Republic in 1793-94. Rousselin personally utilized violent methods to accomplish the state's goals in Provins and Troyes. This terrorism marked his life. It led to his denunciation by its victims. He spent the next five decades trying to escape the consequences of his actions. His emotional responses as well as the practical measures he took to rehabilitate his reputation illuminate the hopes and fears of the revolutionaries. Across the first four decades of the nineteenth century, Rousselin acquired a noble title, the comte de Saint-Albin, and emerged as a wealthy press baron of the liberal newspaper Le Constitutionnel. But he could not escape his past. He retired to write his own version of his legacy and to protect his family from the consequences of his actions as a terrorist during the French Revolution. Rousselin's life traces the complex twists and turns of the Revolution and demonstrates how one man was able to remake himself, from a revolutionary to a liberal, to accommodate regime change.

Author : Edith Hall
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199574677
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Slavery and Abolition written by Edith Hall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originating in a conference organised in 2007 by the Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome at Royal Holloway, University of London, and held at the British Library ... this accessible volume offers a pathbreaking study of the role played by the interpreters of ancient Greek and roman texts in the debates over the abolition of slavery. Focusing on Britain, North America, the Caribbean, and South Africa from the late 17th century, the essays examine the arguments of critics and defenders of slavery and legacy of slavery, in later periods." --Book jacket.

Author : Matthew Simpson
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1847143199
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rousseau's Theory of Freedom written by Matthew Simpson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-03-08 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean-Jacques Rousseau has a claim to be ranked above even Karl Marx as the political philosopher who has most influenced everyday life. His much-read philosophy of education alone would qualify him for a high place, but his political theory is even more important: decisions affecting millions of people were made based on the reading of certain lines of the Social Contract. Yet while politicians and scholars have studied this book for 250 years, almost no agreement exists on how to interpret its central concept: freedom. Rousseau's theory of freedom has led him to be called everything from the greatest prophet of individual liberty to the designer of the first totalitarian state. This book offers a new, unifying interpretation of the theory of freedom in the Social Contract. Simpson gives a careful analysis of Rousseau's theory of the social pact, and then examines the kinds of freedom that it brings about, showing how Rousseau's individualist and collectivist aspects fit into a larger and logically coherent theory of human liberty. Simpson's book not only helps us to understand one of the pre-eminent political minds of the 18th century, but also brings us into closer conversation with those he influenced, who have done so much to shape our world. And in light of the interest in contemporary contractualist philosophers like Rawls, Scanlon, and Gauthier, readers will find it worthwhile to return to the thinker who offers one of the most radical, profound, and insightful theories of the social contract ever devised.

Author : G. Honor Fagan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 027599693X
Total Pages : 905 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalization and Security written by G. Honor Fagan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 905 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique set provides an up-to-date overview of the impact of globalization on international security by examining how the interrelationships of economics, politics, and culture determine levels of stability within regions around the world. Globalization and Security: An Encyclopedia addresses the need for an authoritative, but accessible analysis of the impact of globalization on security and its multifaceted aspects. Broad in scope, this two-volume set covers the economic and political aspects of globalization, as well as its social and cultural impacts. More importantly, it is the first work to focus explicitly on security, including human security broadly conceived, and the role that globalization plays in the world's new and ever-evolving security environment. While more books on globalization are becoming available, none focus on the impact of globalism on security-related issues as this set does. Drawing on the expertise of specialists from many disciplines and nations, Globalization and Security directly addresses the needs of one of the fastest-growing areas of study, the intersection of globalization and security worldwide.

Author : Lena Halldenius
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317317130
Total Pages : 272 pages
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Download or read book Mary Wollstonecraft and Feminist Republicanism written by Lena Halldenius and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Wollstonecraft is a writer whose work continues to provoke scholarly debate. Halldenius explores Wollstonecraft’s political philosophy, focusing on her treatment of republicanism and independence, to propose a new way of reading her work – that of a ‘feminist republican’.

Author : Michael Moran
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199548455
Total Pages : 997 pages
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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy written by Michael Moran and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008-06-12 with total page 997 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is part of a ten volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science. This work explores the business end of politics, where theory meets practice in the pursuit of public good.