The self at liberty
Subtitle: political argument and the arts of government
By: Duncan Ivison.
Series: Contestations
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Ithaca, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Liberty.
Description: Duncan Ivison sets out to map a subtle but significant addition to the political discourse on liberty. Using the political theories of Niccolo Machiavelli, John Locke, John Rawls, and Michel Foucault, Ivison contests one of the most famous distinctions in contemporary political philosophy: the one that Isaiah Berlin draws between negative and positive liberty.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-213) and index.