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Lord Acton for Our Time
Title
Lord Acton for Our Time / Christopher Lazarski.
ISBN
9781501771736
9781501771729
9781501771712
Publication
Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2023
Copyright Notice Date
©2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (180 pages).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"The book recreates two fundamental aspects of Acton's teaching, his theory and history of liberty. The evidence both theoretical and historical is to provide us a lesson how to maintain political (civic) liberty and how to avoid mistakes in public life that could lead to great evil"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2023.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 03, 2023
Series
People for our time
Contents
A brief biography
Theory of liberty and organic liberalism
Acton's history of liberty
Reception and legacy
Conclusion: Acton's lessons for today.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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Project Muse. distributor
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