Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism

by Larry Siedentop

Book Overview

"A magnificent work of intellectual, psychological, and spiritual history. It is hard to decide which is more remarkable: the breadth of learning displayed on almost every page, the infectious enthusiasm that suffuses the whole book, the riveting originality of the central argument, or the emotional power and force with which it is deployed." --David Marquand, New Republic

Here, in a grand narrative spanning 1,800 years of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674979885
• ISBN13: 9780674979888
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.9"