Four Essays on Liberty
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Four Essays on Liberty is a collection of political philosophy essays by Isaiah Berlin that explores concepts of freedom, particularly his influential distinction between negative and positive liberty.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| author | Isaiah Berlin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
coercion and constraint
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conflict of values ⓘ critique of historical determinism ⓘ critique of monism in ethics ⓘ critique of totalitarianism ⓘ freedom as non-interference ⓘ freedom as self-mastery ⓘ historicism and inevitability ⓘ individual autonomy ⓘ individual vs collective goals ⓘ liberal tolerance ⓘ liberty and authority ⓘ limits of political authority ⓘ moral and political responsibility ⓘ pluralism of values ⓘ role of ideas in politics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Historical Inevitability
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John Stuart Mill and the Ends of Life ⓘ Political Ideas in the Twentieth Century ⓘ Two Concepts of Liberty ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary liberal political theory
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debates on freedom and coercion ⓘ theory of value pluralism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Immanuel Kant
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John Stuart Mill ⓘ Russian intellectual history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
liberalism
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liberty ⓘ negative liberty ⓘ political theory ⓘ positive liberty ⓘ value pluralism ⓘ |
| notableFor | distinction between negative and positive liberty ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
analytic philosophy
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liberalism ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
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