George H. Smith

The System of Liberty

Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism

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Produktbeschreibung

Smith demonstrates a conceptual unity within the manifestations of classical liberalism by tracing the history of several interrelated themes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781107005075
• ISBN-10: 1107005078
• Artikelnr.: 37293153

Autorenporträt

George H. Smith is a freelance writer and writes a weekly article for the Cato Institute titled 'Excursions into the History of Libertarian Thought'. He is the author of Atheism: The Case against God (1974), Atheism, Ayn Rand, and Other Heresies (1991) and Why Atheism? (2000). Since 1971, he has written more than one hundred articles and book reviews that have appeared in a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, The Arizona Daily Star, Newsday, Reason Magazine, Free Inquiry, The Humanist, and Inquiry Magazine, among many others.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Liberalism, old and new
2. Liberalism and the public good
3. Liberal ideology and political philosophy
4. Sovereign state, sovereign self
5. The anarchy game
6. The radical edge of liberalism
7. The idea of freedom
8. Conflicts in classical liberalism
9. Individualism
10. Methodological individualism.