num_pages: 496
description: Argues that the concept of personal freedom developed as it did only in the Western world because of the role of women, along with slaves and foreigners, as outsiders, but that the Christian concept of spiritual freedom led to the justification of social hierarchies
language: English
title: Freedom: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture
titlecomplete: Freedom: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture
genres: History, Cultural, Philosophy, Sociology, Race, Research, Anthropology, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 54
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: National Book Award
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Basic Books