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Modern Liberty And the Limits of Government

by Fried, Charles

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Bookseller: Nan's Book Shop (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 002805
Format/binding: Hard Cover
Book condition: New
Jacket condition: New
Quantity available: 1
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0393060004
ISBN 13: 9780393060003
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc.
Place: New York
Date published: 2006
Pages: 217
Size: 5.75 x 8.5 x 1 inches
LCCN: JC585.F7575 2006
Dewey: 323.44
Weight: 0.85 pounds
Keywords: LIBERTY STATE DEMOCRATIC MODERN WELFARE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM EXPRESSION CONSTITUTION ISSUES OF OUR TIME
Subjects: HISTORY / United States / General; LAW / Civil Rights; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays;

Book Description

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc., 2006. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. A sharp examination of the idea of liberty in the modern, democratic state. . .Liberty is fortunate to have such a reasoned and persuasive voice as its champion." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review). How has the modern welfare state redefined our notion of individual liberty. Are we free to express ourselves in speech, at work, or through sex? In this book, the fourth volume in Norton's ongoing "Issues of our Times" series, Fried shepherds the reader through an elegant, wide-ranging, erudite, at times challenging (both intellectually and politically) but always concrete and relevant discussion of this core American value. He passionately argues why we should place liberty - the freedom "of a man to live his own life as he (thinks) best" - above competing values such as beauty, glory, virtue of one sort or another, and even equality, and shows how each of these values can be and have been used to subvert our personal freedoms. Richly illustrated with examples from contemporary life, Modern Liberty is vividly relevant to the experiences and needs of everyday Americans. 217 pages including notes and an index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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