Inventing the Individual by Larry Siedentop
Asks us to rethink the evolution of the ideas on which modern societies and government are built, and argues that the core of what is now our system of beliefs emerged much earlier than we think.
Magisterial, timeless, beautifully written.. Siedentop has achieved something quite extraordinary. He has explained us to ourselves * Spectator *
One of the most stimulating books of political theory to have appeared in many years ... a refreshingly unorthodox account of the roots of modern liberalism in medieval Christian thinking -- John Gray * Literary Review *
A brave, brilliant and beautifully written defence of the western tradition -- Paul Lay * History Today *
Thoroughly interesting and fundamentally convincing ... admirably nuanced ... formidable ... Inventing the Individual is written with effortless lucidity -- Jeffrey Collins * TLS *
An engrossing book of ideas ... illuminating, beautifully written and rigorously argued -- Kenan Malik * Independent *
A most impressive work of philosophical history -- Robert Skidelsky
One of the most stimulating books of political theory to have appeared in many years ... a refreshingly unorthodox account of the roots of modern liberalism in medieval Christian thinking -- John Gray * Literary Review *
A brave, brilliant and beautifully written defence of the western tradition -- Paul Lay * History Today *
Thoroughly interesting and fundamentally convincing ... admirably nuanced ... formidable ... Inventing the Individual is written with effortless lucidity -- Jeffrey Collins * TLS *
An engrossing book of ideas ... illuminating, beautifully written and rigorously argued -- Kenan Malik * Independent *
A most impressive work of philosophical history -- Robert Skidelsky
Larry Siedentop was appointed to the first post in intellectual history ever established in Britain, at Sussex University in the 1970s. From there he moved to Oxford, becoming Faculty Lecturer in Political Thought and a Fellow of Keble College. His writings include a study of Tocqueville, an edition of Guizot's History of Civilization in Europe and Democracy in Europe, which has been translated into a dozen languages. Siedentop was made CBE in 2004 and knighted in 2016.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141009544 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141009543 |
| Title | Inventing the Individual |
| Author | Larry Siedentop |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-01-29 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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