Freedom in the making of western culture
By: Orlando Patterson.
Series: Freedom ;; v. 1
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1991
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
Subjects: Liberty -- History.
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 socialhierarchies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-470) and index.