Thinking about Liberty: an Historian's Approach.

Skinner, Quentin.

ISBN 10: 8822264606 / ISBN 13: 9788822264602

Editore: Olschki Ed., Firenze,, 2016

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2006 Balzan Prizewinner. Contemporary political theorists frequently say that there is only one coherent way of thinking about liberty, and that it consists in recognising that an individual is free so long as there is no interference with the exercise of his or her powers. In Thinking About Liberty: An Historian s Approach, Quentin Skinner shows that this is mere dogma by tracing a genealogy that considers different ways of thinking about liberty, a central concept in social and political thought in today s Western democracies. He isolates three distinct strands in the genealogy of modern liberty, including the above mentioned freedom as absence of interference (by external agencies or by the self), as well as two alternatives: freedom as absence of dependence (as in liber homo vs slave status) and freedom as self-realisation. In speaking as an historian, Skinner s chief concern is to excavate a way of thinking about freedom that has lately been in danger of getting lost. The lecture also presents Skinner s 2006 Balzan Prize research project, which involved young European scholars to address questions about the place of civil, religious and political liberty in the formation of modern Europe. cm 17 x 24, 78 pp. con 4 tavv. f.t. a colori, The Annual Balzan Lecture,7. Firenze, Olschki Ed. cm 17 x 24, 78 pp. con 4 tavv. f.t. a colori, brossura The Annual Balzan Lecture,7. Testo in Inglese. Codice articolo 291562

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Titolo: Thinking about Liberty: an Historian's ...

Casa editrice: Olschki Ed., Firenze,

Data di pubblicazione: 2016

Legatura: brossura

Condizione: NUOVO

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I teorici politici contemporanei spesso affermano che l'unico approccio coerente al concetto di libertà consista nel riconoscere che un individuo è libero finché non si verificano interferenze con il suo potere. L'autore dimostra che si tratta di un mero dogma, tracciando una genealogia che considera diversi modi di riflettere sulla libertà, concetto centrale nel pensiero socio-politico delle attuali democrazie occidentali.

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Quentin Skinner is Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities at Queen Mary, University of London. He is Fellow of the British Academy and many other learned societies, and holds numerous Honorary Degrees and Fellowships from universities all over the world. Skinner’s historical research presents an original interpretation of the genesis of political categories and points of view during the medieval and early modern periods in Europe. His fundamental contribution in this area, The Foundations of Modern Political Thought (CUP 1978), has long been regarded as a classic. His 2006 Balzan Prize research project resulted in the publication of Freedom and the Construction of Europe (CUP 2013). (giugno 2016)