Critically examining the conceptions of freedom
of some of the leading contemporary philosophers from Isaiah Berlin to Charles Taylor, Hans Blokland explores the value
and significance that freedom has acquired in our political
consciousness. He looks specifically at:
positive and negative freedom
freedom of the individual
freedom and society
emancipation and paternalism
freedom and cultural politics On a theoretical level, Hans Blockland shows that it is possible to have a discussion and reach a consensus on the meaning of contested concepts such as freedom and autonomy. Crucially, he addresses the question of how this conception might be applied to the real world, offering practical ways of increasing individual freedom in modern liberal Western
democracies. First published in Dutch in 1991 this book won
the 'Pieter de la Court' award of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts Sciences and the 1992 political science award of the Netherlands Political Science Association. It has been
extensively updated to include material from the United States, Great Britain, France and Sweden as well as from the Netherlands.
By:
Hans Blokland
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: annotated edition
Volume: 5
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 29mm
Weight: 703g
ISBN: 9780415150002
ISBN 10: 0415150000
Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Pages: 319
Publication Date: 13 March 1997
Audience:
College/higher education
,
College/higher education
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. General Introduction 2. Isaiah Berlin on Positive and Negative Freedom 3. Freedom of the Individual 4. Freedom and Society 5. Emancipation and Paternalism 6. Final Balance and Synthesis: Freedom and Cultural Politics 7. Culture, Politics and Freedom, Epilogue, Bibliography Freedom & Autonomy, Bibliography Arts & Culture, Index
