Readings from Liberal Writers (eBook, ePUB)

English and French
Redaktion: Plamenatz, John

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1965, this volume provides selections of writings by English and French historians, philosophers and political scientists around the themes of freedom and opportunity; the functions of government; the spirit and machinery of free government; the freedom of thought and speech. The selections include Burke's speeches, Locke's Treatise of Civil Government, Mill on Liberty, Tocqueville on Democracy in America and Tawney on Equality. At a time in the 21st Century when freedom and democracy are under threat across the world, this book with its explanatory introduction by John Plamenatz has an enduring relevance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040302521
• Artikelnr.: 72524053

Autorenporträt

John Plamenatz (1912-1975) was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at All Souls College, Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

All readings are selections: Part 1: Freedom and Opportunity 1. Second
Treatise of Civil Government John Locke 2. Of the Spirit of the Laws
Montesquieu 3. Julie or La Nouvelle Héloïse J-J Rousseau 4. Speech on
Conciliation with the Colonies; Letter on the Affairs of America Emund
Burke 5. Of the Spirit of Conquest Benjamin Constant 6. On Liberty J.S.
Mill 7. Essays on Freedom and Power Lord Acton 8. Equality R. H. Tawney
Part 2: The Functions of Government and the Limits of Authority 1. Of Civil
Government and the Limits of Authority John Locke 2. Persian Letters
Montesquieu 3. Philosophical Dictionary Voltaire 4. Speech on American
Taxation; Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies; An address to the King;
Letter on the Affairs of America Edmund Burke 5. The Theory of Legislation
Jeremy Bentham 6. The Principles of Politics Benjamin Constant 7. On
Liberty J.S. Mill Part 3: The Spirit and Machinery of Free Government 1. Of
Civil Government John Locke 2. Persian Letters; Of the Spirit of the Laws
Montesquieu 3. Speech to the Electors of Bristol; Speech on Conciliation
with the Colonies; Address to the British Colonists in North America
Edmund Burke 4. The Theory of Legislation Jeremy Bentham 5. Democracy in
America Tocqueville 6. On Liberty; Representative Government J.S. Mill
Part 4: Freedom of Thought and Utterance 1. Areopagitica John Milton 2.
Letter Concerning Toleration John Locke 3. Persian Letters; Of the Spirit
of the Laws Montesquieu 4. Philosophical Dictionary Voltaire 5. Essays,
Moral, Political and Literary Part 1 David Hume 6. The Theory of
Legislation Jeremy Bentham 7. Principles of Politics; On the Freedom to
Publish Pamphlets Benjamin Constant 8. On Liberty J.S. Mill Part 5: Freedom
Endangered 1. A Sustained Refutation of the Work of Helvetius Entitled
'Man' Denis Diderot 2. Letter on the Affairs of America Edmund Burke 3. A
Warning to the French People as to Their True Enemies André Chénier 4. Of
the Spirit of Conquest; The Principles of Politics Benjamin Constant 5.
Democracy in America Tocqueville 6. On Liberty J.S. Mill 7. Equality R. H.
Tawney