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Toward the light of liberty : the struggles for freedom and rights that made the modern Western world, A.C. Grayling
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- Summary
- Do we take our liberties for granted at the risk of losing them in the war on terror? Grayling (Descartes: The Life and Times of a Genius), a professor of philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a leading British public intellectual, believes so. This book is, in some respects, an old-fashioned, triumphalist history of the rise of Western liberty since the 16th century (with Martin Luther, John Locke and Elizabeth Cady Stanton playing leading roles), but nevertheless serves as a stirring call to arms to defend freedom from its enemies within and without. Grayling argues that the struggle for liberty has been one of sacrifice and hardship on the part of many heroic individuals. Despite the blood and the violence, it has been worth it. Today's ordinary Western citizen is, in sixteenth-century terms, a lord: a possessor of rights, entitlements, opportunities and resources that only an aristocrat of that earlier period could hope for. But, Grayling somberly writes, the process of losing our inheritance of liberty might have already begun.--From publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Setting the scene
- The demand for liberty. The Reformation and the beginning of modern liberty ; Freeing the mind ; The fight against absolutism
- The extension of liberty. Slaves, workers, women, and the struggle for liberty ; The Liberty Century ; Rights out of wrongs ; The idea of liberty and the verge of betrayal
- Landmarks on the road to freedom. The Bill of Rights, 1689 ; The United States Bill of rights, 1791 ; Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ; The Chartists' 'Six Points' and petition ; United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Isbn
- 9780802716361
- Label
- Toward the light of liberty : the struggles for freedom and rights that made the modern Western world
- Title
- Toward the light of liberty
- Title remainder
- the struggles for freedom and rights that made the modern Western world
- Statement of responsibility
- A.C. Grayling
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Do we take our liberties for granted at the risk of losing them in the war on terror? Grayling (Descartes: The Life and Times of a Genius), a professor of philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a leading British public intellectual, believes so. This book is, in some respects, an old-fashioned, triumphalist history of the rise of Western liberty since the 16th century (with Martin Luther, John Locke and Elizabeth Cady Stanton playing leading roles), but nevertheless serves as a stirring call to arms to defend freedom from its enemies within and without. Grayling argues that the struggle for liberty has been one of sacrifice and hardship on the part of many heroic individuals. Despite the blood and the violence, it has been worth it. Today's ordinary Western citizen is, in sixteenth-century terms, a lord: a possessor of rights, entitlements, opportunities and resources that only an aristocrat of that earlier period could hope for. But, Grayling somberly writes, the process of losing our inheritance of liberty might have already begun.--From publisher's description
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- 223346
- Cataloging source
- UPZ
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- Grayling, A. C
- Dewey number
- 323.09
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- K3240
- LC item number
- .G73 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- Civil rights
- Liberty
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- the struggles for freedom and rights that made the modern Western world
- Label
- Toward the light of liberty : the struggles for freedom and rights that made the modern Western world, A.C. Grayling
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-324) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
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- txt
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- Contents
- Setting the scene -- The demand for liberty. The Reformation and the beginning of modern liberty ; Freeing the mind ; The fight against absolutism -- The extension of liberty. Slaves, workers, women, and the struggle for liberty ; The Liberty Century ; Rights out of wrongs ; The idea of liberty and the verge of betrayal -- Landmarks on the road to freedom. The Bill of Rights, 1689 ; The United States Bill of rights, 1791 ; Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ; The Chartists' 'Six Points' and petition ; United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Control code
- 652706
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802716361
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780802716361
- (OCoLC)156821882
- Label
- Toward the light of liberty : the struggles for freedom and rights that made the modern Western world, A.C. Grayling
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-324) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Setting the scene -- The demand for liberty. The Reformation and the beginning of modern liberty ; Freeing the mind ; The fight against absolutism -- The extension of liberty. Slaves, workers, women, and the struggle for liberty ; The Liberty Century ; Rights out of wrongs ; The idea of liberty and the verge of betrayal -- Landmarks on the road to freedom. The Bill of Rights, 1689 ; The United States Bill of rights, 1791 ; Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ; The Chartists' 'Six Points' and petition ; United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Control code
- 652706
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802716361
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780802716361
- (OCoLC)156821882
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