
A Theory of Freedom
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This book is unique among contemporary approaches - although itis true to the spirit of classical writers like Hobbes and Kant -in seeking a theory that applies to psychological issues of freeagency and free will as well as to political issues in the theoryof the free state and the free constitution. The driving thesis isthat it is only by connecting up the different issues of freedom,psychological and political, that we can fully appreciate thenature of the questions involved, and the requirements for theirresolution. The book does not not seek a comprehensive reach justfor its own sake, but rather for the sake of the illumination itprovides.
A Theory of Freedom is a ground-breaking volume whichwill be of wide interest to scholars and students in politicalphilosophy and political science.
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1 Conceptualizing Freedom 6
2 Freedom as Rational Control 32
3 Freedom as Volitional Control 49
4 Freedom as Discursive Control 65
5 Freedom and Collectivization 104
6 Freedom and Politicization 125
7 Freedom and Democratization 152
Conclusion 175
References 180
Index 188
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