John Christman: Reconceiving Freedom from the Shadows of Slavery, Gebunden
Reconceiving Freedom from the Shadows of Slavery
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- Verlag:
- Cambridge University Press, 01/2025
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781009440202
- Artikelnummer:
- 12136657
- Umfang:
- 266 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 526 g
- Maße:
- 229 x 152 mm
- Stärke:
- 16 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 9.1.2025
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
In a departure from standard approaches to the concept of liberty, in this book John Christman locates and defends the concept of freedom as a fundamental social value that arose out of fights against slavery and oppression. Seen in this light, liberty must be understood as requiring more than mere non-interference or non-domination - it requires the capacity for self-government and the capabilities needed to pursue valued activities, practices, and ways of life. Christman analyses the emergence of freedom as a concept through nineteenth- and twentieth-century struggles against slavery and other oppressive social forms, and argues that a specifically positive conception best reflects its origins and is philosophically defensible in its own right. What results is a model of freedom that captures its fundamental value both as central to the theoretical architecture of constitutional democracies and as an aspiration for those striving for liberation.
Biografie
John Christman is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Pennsylvania State University.