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Overview
In "Freedom as Motion", Feldman explores the American concepts of freedom, individualism, and liberal culture and how they are closely tied to Thomas Hobbes' notion of free movement. In chapter XXI of "Leviathan", Hobbes describes freedom as "the absence of opposition" to motion. This idea of freedom as motion has flourished in America where the emphasis on individualism is greatest. Dole explores the evolution of this concept through Western and American history, and also the theoretical connection that exists in reality at the level of simple daily life. Hobbes' theory of freedom as motion becomes the central metaphor of liberalism and forms the basis for the American conception of freedom today. This book will prove thought-provoking to students of Western and American Political Theory, as well as students of American History and Culture.Book Details
Published
November 28, 2000
Publisher
University Press of America
Pages
152
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780761819073