Larry Siedentop

Inventing the Individual

The Origins of Western Liberalism

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Produktbeschreibung

Asks us to rethink the evolution of the ideas on which modern societies and government are built, and argues that the core of what is now our system of beliefs emerged much earlier than we think.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin / Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 128mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 329g
• ISBN-13: 9780141009544
• ISBN-10: 0141009543
• Artikelnr.: 41430301

Autorenporträt

Larry Siedentop was appointed to the first post in intellectual history ever established in Britain, at Sussex University in the 1970s. From there he moved to Oxford, becoming Faculty Lecturer in Political Thought and a Fellow of Keble College. His writings include a study of Tocqueville, an edition of Guizot's History of Civilization in Europe and Democracy in Europe, which has been translated into a dozen languages. Siedentop was made CBE in 2004 and knighted in 2016.

Rezensionen

Magisterial, timeless, beautifully written ... Siedentop has achieved something quite extraordinary. He has explained us to ourselves Spectator