Maria Dimova-Cookson

Rethinking Positive and Negative Liberty

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that the distinction between positive and negative freedom remains highly pertinent today, despite having fallen out of fashion in the late twentieth century and builds on the work of Constant, Green and Berlin who led the historical development of these ideas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780415665513
• ISBN-10: 0415665515
• Artikelnr.: 37041826

Autorenporträt

Maria Dimova-Cookson is Associate Professor in Politics at the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Benjamin Constant on modern people and their two liberties
2. T.H. Green's true freedom as the paradigm positive liberty concept 3.
T.H. Green and negative freedom as well-being improvement 4. Isaiah Berlin,
positive freedom and the impact of moral authorities on human agency 5.
Berlin's negative freedom and the conceptual work of the boundaries of
liberty 6. Value pluralism and the duality of freedom. Conclusion