Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World

Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World

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作者: Daniel Hannan 著

出版社: HarperCollins

出版时间: 2014-12

ISBN: 9780062231741

定价: 149.30

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 416页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>小说

BritishpoliticianDanielHannan'sInventingFreedomisanambitiousaccountofthehistoricaloriginandspreadoftheprinciplesthathavemadeAmericagreat,andtheirroleincreatingasphereofeconomicandpoliticallibertythatisascrucialasitisimperiled.AccordingtoHannan,theideasandinstitutionsweconsideressentialtomaintainingandpreservingourfreedoms—individualrights,privateproperty,theruleoflaw,andtheinstitutionsofrepresentativegovernment—arethelegacyofaveryspecifictraditionthatwasborninEnglandandthatweAmericans,alongwithotherformerBritishcolonies,inherited.Bythetenthcentury,Englandwasanation-statewhosepeoplewerealreadystartingtodefinethemselveswithreferencetoinheritedcommon-lawrights.Thestoryoflibertyisthestoryofhowthatmodeltriumphed.Howitwasenshrinedinaseriesoflandmarkvictories—theMagnaCarta,theEnglishCivilWar,theGloriousRevolution,theU.S.Constitution—andhowitcametodefeateveryinternationalrival.Todayweseethoseideasabandonedandscornedintheplaceswheretheyoncewentunchallenged.InventingFreedomisachronicleofthesuccessofAnglosphereexceptionalism.Anditisofferedatatimethatmayturnouttobetheendoftheageofpoliticalfreedom. DanielHannanisawriterandblogger,andhehasbeenamemberoftheEuropeanParliamentrepresentingSouthEastEnglandfortheConservativePartysince1999.HegraduatedwithadoublefirstinhistoryfromOrielCollege,Oxford,andworkedasaspeechwriterandjournalistbeforestandingforelection.Hispreviousbook,TheNewRoadtoSerfdom:ALetterofWarningtoAmerica,wasaNewYorkTimesbestseller.Heblogsatwww.hannan.co.uk.
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BritishpoliticianDanielHannan'sInventingFreedomisanambitiousaccountofthehistoricaloriginandspreadoftheprinciplesthathavemadeAmericagreat,andtheirroleincreatingasphereofeconomicandpoliticallibertythatisascrucialasitisimperiled.AccordingtoHannan,theideasandinstitutionsweconsideressentialtomaintainingandpreservingourfreedoms—individualrights,privateproperty,theruleoflaw,andtheinstitutionsofrepresentativegovernment—arethelegacyofaveryspecifictraditionthatwasborninEnglandandthatweAmericans,alongwithotherformerBritishcolonies,inherited.Bythetenthcentury,Englandwasanation-statewhosepeoplewerealreadystartingtodefinethemselveswithreferencetoinheritedcommon-lawrights.Thestoryoflibertyisthestoryofhowthatmodeltriumphed.Howitwasenshrinedinaseriesoflandmarkvictories—theMagnaCarta,theEnglishCivilWar,theGloriousRevolution,theU.S.Constitution—andhowitcametodefeateveryinternationalrival.Todayweseethoseideasabandonedandscornedintheplaceswheretheyoncewentunchallenged.InventingFreedomisachronicleofthesuccessofAnglosphereexceptionalism.Anditisofferedatatimethatmayturnouttobetheendoftheageofpoliticalfreedom.
作者简介:
DanielHannanisawriterandblogger,andhehasbeenamemberoftheEuropeanParliamentrepresentingSouthEastEnglandfortheConservativePartysince1999.HegraduatedwithadoublefirstinhistoryfromOrielCollege,Oxford,andworkedasaspeechwriterandjournalistbeforestandingforelection.Hispreviousbook,TheNewRoadtoSerfdom:ALetterofWarningtoAmerica,wasaNewYorkTimesbestseller.Heblogsatwww.hannan.co.uk.

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