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Setting the People Free: The Story of Democracy
Hardback
Main Details
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Setting the People Free: The Story of Democracy
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) John Dunn
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:256 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 220,Width |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781843542117
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| Classifications | Dewey:321.8 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Atlantic Books
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| Imprint |
Atlantic Books
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| Publication Date |
12 May 2005 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Why does democracy, both as a word and an idea, linger so large in the political imagination today? John Dunn charts its slow but insistent metamorphosis from its roots in Ancient Greece to its overwhelming triumph in the years since 1945. Setting the People Free is an account of this extraordinary
Author Biography
John Dunn is Professor of Political Theory at King's College, Cambridge. He is the author of a number of titles, among them The Cunning of Unreason and Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future, and a fellow of the British Academy.
Reviews"'Idiosyncratic, brilliant and very original.' Paul Kennedy 'Stimulating and deft... an impressive and interesting book.' Andrew Roberts, Daily Telegraph 'John Dunn has given us a rare thing: an intellectually aristocratic book written for a profoundly democratic age.' Sunil Khilnani, Financial Times 'Dunn wears his erudition lightly and writes clearly and freshly about some of politics' most venerable questions... Blows a gust of fresh air through the cobwebbed byways of political thought' John Gray, Independent
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