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Preface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2022

Waller R. Newell
Waller R. Newell
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Carleton University, Ottawa
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The Philosophy of Freedom from Rousseau to Heidegger was not content with modern liberal individualism and materialism, but longed for a noble politics, and this longing for wholeness, while giving rise to brilliant cultural achievements, also fueled the catastrophes of violent revolution, tyranny and genocide on the far Left and Right from the French Revolution down to the present.

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LiberalismGerman IdealismPhilosophy of Freedomcivic virtuepolitical wholenessPlatopolitical communityhistorical progressmodern scienceIdea of the Good
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Tyranny and Revolution
Rousseau to Heidegger
 , pp. ix - xii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Preface
  • Waller R. Newell, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book: Tyranny and Revolution
  • Online publication: 28 May 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108333856.001
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  • Preface
  • Waller R. Newell, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book: Tyranny and Revolution
  • Online publication: 28 May 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108333856.001
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  • Preface
  • Waller R. Newell, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book: Tyranny and Revolution
  • Online publication: 28 May 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108333856.001
Available formats
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