The myth of liberal individualism / Colin Bird.
The myth of liberal individualism / Colin Bird.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N320.512/ 12
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English
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Physical content
ix, 223 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Individualism as a political ideal -- 2. Individualism as a theory -- 3. Public agency and conceptions of collectivity -- 4. Individualist distributions of liberty -- 5. Self-ownership and individual inviolability -- 6. The myth of liberal individualism.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
This book challenges us to look at liberal political ideas in a new way. Colin Bird examines the assumption, held both by liberals and by their strongest critics, that the values and ideals of the liberal political tradition cohere around a distinctively 'individualist' conception of the relation between individuals, society and the state. He concl...
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The myth of liberal individualism / Colin Bird.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-223) and index.
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N320.512/ 12
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74VvQZq8ROrO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvQZq8ROrO
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0521641284 :
9780521641289 (hardback)
0521641284 (hardback)
9780521641289
0521641284
9780521641289 :
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320.512
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991014391149702626
