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ROOTS OF FREEDOM
A Primer on Modern Liberty
By John W. Danford
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ISBN: 1-882926-47-1 (cloth)
226 pages (includes Index)
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ISBN: 1-882926-90-0 (paper)
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Roots of Freedom is a primer on the thinkers and ideas that, over many centuries, have laid the foundations of free societies. Concepts such as the rule of law, independent judiciary, limited government, free markets, and individual autonomy are traced in the writings of (among others) Luther, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, the American founders, Alexis de Tocqueville, and John Stuart Mill.
What They're Saying...
"A free society is rare. Equally rare is so lucid an account of how liberty evolved. While enlightening us, Professor Danford leaves us better prepared to defend our hard-won freedom."
— Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; Columnist, Copley News Service
"This is an admirably lucid account of both the history of freedom and the evolving discussion of freedom as an ideal in Western thought from ancient Greece onward. It is clearly supported by wide reading and deep reflection. Danford identifies the central issues and presents them to the reader in a way that is accessible while avoiding reduction—no mean feat. His conclusion—that modern liberal societies depend upon inoculation with the ideals of pre-liberal societies—is provocative and profound. No one who is seriously interested in the origins, progress, and prospects for liberal society could fail to enjoy and profit from Roots of Freedom."
— David Womersley, Senior Tutor, Jesus College, University of Oxford.
"In Roots of Freedom, the author achieves a syncrasy of philosophy and history that will open a world to the non-specialist and remind the expert of a profound truth: never out of sight, sometimes threatened but never to be subverted, is the relation between freedom and moral order in theory and practice."
— Joseph Cropsey, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago
"Roots of Freedom is most appropriate for the person who wants to be introduced to the great sweep of Western political thought in fewer than two hundred pages. It is well-written and balanced and I can think of few better services a professor could do for an undergraduate today than putting this book into their hands and then waiting for them to return with an appetite for more."
— Perspectives on Political Science
"Roots of Freedom is an enthusiastically recommended title for anyone concerned with the history, development, and defense of personal freedom and the political concept and economic consequences of liberty."
— Wisconsin Bookwatch
Chapters Include:
- Roots in Ancient Greece
- Roots in Pre-Modern Christianity
- The Emergence from Feudalism
- The Protestant Reformation
- The Modern Project
- Science, Ambition, and Conquest
- Natural Rights and the Natural Condition
- Property and Liberty
- Commerce and Liberty
- Wealth, Cooperation, and Freedom
- Prices and Markets
- American Liberty
- Majority Tyranny
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