Isaiah Berlin and the Politics of Freedom : 'Two Concepts of Liberty' 50 Years Later.

Since his death in 1997, Isaiah Berlin's writings have generated continual interest among scholars and educated readers, especially in regard to his ideas about liberalism, value pluralism, and ""positive"" and ""negative"" liberty. Most books on Berlin h...

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Main Author: Baum, Bruce
Other Authors: Nichols, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013
Series:Routledge innovations in political theory.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Isaiah Berlin and the Politics of Freedom; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributors; Introduction; PART I Berlin in Context; 1 "Two Concepts of Liberty" in Context; 2 In Defence of Berlin: A Reply to James Tully; PART II Rethinking "Positive" and "Negative" Freedom; 3 Defending Isaiah Berlin's Distinctions between Positive and Negative Freedoms; 4 Freedom, Autonomy, and Social Selves; 5 Retrieving Positive Freedom and Why It Matters; 6 Republicanism and the Market in "Two Concepts of Liberty"; PART III Democratic Pluralism and National Self-Determination.
  • 7 Berlin and Democracy8 Making Sense of Negative Liberty: Berlin's Antidote to Political Rationalism; 9 Berlin, Tagore, and the Dubious Legitimacy of Nationalism; PART IV Berlin and Critical Theories of Freedom; 10 Berlin, Feminism, and Positive Liberty; 11 From Rationalism to Micro-power: Freedom and Its Enemies; 12 The World of Negative Liberty: Reading Isaiah Berlin through Weak Ontology; 13 Critical Theory, Ecology, and "What's Wrong With Negative Liberty"; References; Index.