The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
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The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
By (Author) Helena Rosenblatt
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
14th April 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
320.5109
Physical Properties
Paperback
368
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Description
The changing face of the liberal creed from the ancient world to today The Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a political creed that has become a rallying cry-and a term of derision-in today's increasingly divided public square. Taking readers from ancient Rome to today, Helena Rosenblatt traces the evolution
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"One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018"
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Author Bio
Helena Rosenblatt is professor of history at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her many books include Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion and Thinking with Rousseau: From Machiavelli to Schmitt.
