Freedom: An Unruly History by Annelien de Dijn

Freedom: An Unruly History

Annelien de Dijn

384 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging reflective medium-paced
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The invention of modern freedom--the equating of liberty with restraints on state power--was not the natural outcome of such secular Western trends as the growth of religious tolerance or the creation of market societies. Rather, it was propelled ...

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