Hegel offers perhaps the most profound and systematic modern attempt to understand the state as the realization of human freedom. In this comprehensive examination of the philosopher's ideas on freedom, Paul Franco focuses particularly on G.W.F. Hegel's masterpiece, "Philosophy …
Presents a study of Human Freedom. This edition also features a Publisher's Note which provides summary details about the life and work of thinker Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, as well as an Author's Foreword, in which von Schelling anticipates the topics of his discus…
Presents a study of Human Freedom. This edition also features a Publisher's Note which provides summary details about the life and work of thinker Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, as well as an Author's Foreword, in which von Schelling anticipates the topics of his discus…
'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it' This slogan, attributed to Voltaire, is frequently quoted by defenders of free speech. Yet it is rare to find anyone prepared to defend all expression in every circumstance, especially if the vie…
This is a comparison of the process of democratization in Chile and Argentina. Utilizing models of citizenship, the book examines the impact of constitutional change, institutional development and participation in both political parties and social movements from the perspective …
Examining the principle of freedom propagated by the French Revolution, and the kind of individual created by it, this text looks at the lives and ideas of eight cultural critics from the 18th century to the present day: Rousseau, Robespierre, Stendhal, Michelot, Bergson, Peguy,…
Although many books on terrorism and religious extremism have been published in the years since 9/11, none of them written by Western authors call for the curtailment of religious freedom and freedom of expression for the sake of greater security. Rather, those terror-related de…
En analyse og diskussion om folkemordets "anatomi" og historie.
Tracing the gradual evolution of revolutions, Arendt predicts the changing relationship between war and revolution and the crucial role such combustive movements will play in the future of international relations. She looks at the principles which underlie all revolutions, start…
