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999			_c29947 _d29947
008			200914b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780141009544
082			_a320.51 _bSIE
100			_aSiedentop, Larry
245			_aInventing the individual : the origins of Western Liberalism
260			_bPenguin Books _c2014 _aUK
300			_aviii, 434 p. _c20 cm
365			_b699.00 _cINR _d00
504			_aIncludes bibliographic references and index.
520			_a"This short but highly ambitious book asks us to rethink the evolution of the ideas on which modern states are built. Larry Siedentop argues that the core of what is now our system of beliefs, liberalism, emerged much earlier than generally recognised, established not in the Renaissance but by the arguments of lawyers and philosophers in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. There are large parts of the world--fundamentalist Islam; quasi-capitalist China--where other belief systems flourish. Faced with these challenges, understanding our own ideas' origins is more than ever an important part of knowing who we are."--Publisher's Web site.
650			_aLiberalism
650			_aIdeals Philosophy
650			_aIndividualism
650			_aWestern countries History
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