Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism - Paperback
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--James Miller, The Nation "In this learned, subtle, enjoyable and digestible work [Siedentop] has offered back to us a proper version of ourselves. He has explained us to ourselves...[A] magisterial, timeless yet timely work."
--Douglas Murray, The Spectator "Like the best books, Inventing the Individual both teaches you something new and makes you want to argue with it."
--Kenan Malik, The Independent
Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism - Paperback
$24.00
by Larry Siedentop (Author)
"A magnificent work of intellectual, psychological, and spiritual history. It is hard to decide which is more remarkable: the breadth of learning displayed on almost every page, the infectious enthusiasm that suffuses the whole book, the riveting originality of the central argument, or the emotional power and force with which it is deployed." --David Marquand, New Republic
Here, in a grand narrative spanning 1,800 years of European history, a distinguished political philosopher firmly rejects Western liberalism's usual account of itself: its emergence in opposition to religion in the early modern era. Larry Siedentop argues instead that liberal thought is, in its underlying assumptions, the offspring of the Church. "Larry Siedentop has written a philosophical history in the spirit of Voltaire, Condorcet, Hegel, and Guizot...At a time when we on the left need to be stirred from our dogmatic slumbers, Inventing the Individual is a reminder of some core values that are pretty widely shared."--James Miller, The Nation "In this learned, subtle, enjoyable and digestible work [Siedentop] has offered back to us a proper version of ourselves. He has explained us to ourselves...[A] magisterial, timeless yet timely work."
--Douglas Murray, The Spectator "Like the best books, Inventing the Individual both teaches you something new and makes you want to argue with it."
--Kenan Malik, The Independent
Number of Pages: 448
Dimensions: 1.2 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN
Publication Date: October 23, 2017
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