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The Defenders of Liberty, 1st ed. 2020
Human Nature, Individualism, and Property Rights
Author: Parvini Neema
Language: EnglishSubjects for The Defenders of Liberty:
Keywords
Liberalism; Liberal thinkers; Human nature; Niccolo Machiavelli; Western individualism; The age of reason; Thomas Hobbes; John Locke; Adam Smith; David Hume; Edmund Burke; The Englightenment; French Revolutionary thinking; Classical economics; David Ricardo; Jean-Baptiste Say; William Stanley Jevons; The Austrian School; The Chicago School
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Approximative price 116.04 €
In Print (Delivery period: 15 days).
Add to cart the book of Parvini NeemaPublication date: 05-2020
318 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Hardback
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1. Liberty, Human Nature, Individualism, and Property Rights.- 2. The Machiavellians.- 3. Hobbes and Locke on Human Nature; Locke on Property Rights.- 4. The Enlightenment.- 5. The Nineteenth Century.- 6. The Austrian School.- 7. The London School.- 8. What Went Wrong and What is to be Done?.
Provides an up-to-date account of liberalism written from a standpoint that is currently underrepresented
Offers a focus on human psychology as a central part of the tradition of liberalism
Brings techniques from literary criticism and a close attention to the power of language to support argument