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Author/Creator:Lazarski, Christopher, author.
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Title:Lord Acton for Our Time / Christopher Lazarski.
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ISBN:9781501771736
9781501771729
9781501771712
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Publication:Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023.
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Manufacture: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2023
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Copyright notice date: ©2023.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (180 pages).
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Links:Online book
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Summary:"The book recreates two fundamental aspects of Acton's teaching, his theory and history of liberty. The evidence both theoretical and historical is to provide us a lesson how to maintain political (civic) liberty and how to avoid mistakes in public life that could lead to great evil"--
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Variant and related titles:Project MUSE complete collection 2023.
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Series:People for our time
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Contents:A brief biography -- Theory of liberty and organic liberalism -- Acton's history of liberty -- Reception and legacy -- Conclusion: Acton's lessons for today.
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Subjects: Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902--Political and social views.
Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902.
Liberty--Philosophy.
Liberty--History.
Political and social views.
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Genre/Form:History.
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Also listed under:Project Muse. distributor
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16793432