Published 2008
by Leiden University Press in Leiden .
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-306) and index.
| Other titles | Leiden University today and yesterday |
| Statement | Willem Otterspeer ; [translated from the Dutch by Beverly Jackson]. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | LF4143 .O878 2008 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 312 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 312 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL23232351M |
| ISBN 10 | 9087280300 |
| ISBN 10 | 9789087280307 |
| LC Control Number | 2009422271 |
The `modern times' part is essential because this book is not just a philosophical exercise, but rather a fully practical guide for making the case for liberty in the face of increasingly hostile opponents. Hayek begins with a semantic survey of the concept, then quickly explores the issues concerning by: (a.k.a. Bastion Of Liberty) America's House of Commons on the World Wide Web: Unabashedly Pro-American, Sunday, May 3, Read This Book - Now! I finally downloaded a library copy of Fantastic Hope anthology. Had some time to kill, while waiting for my hair to dry, and for my husband to wake up enough to "attend" church : Linda Fox. In this book, author Willem Otterspeer draws on the idea of Leiden as a ‘bastion of liberty’ and proposes that concepts such as ‘equilibrium’ and ‘scale’ are key to understanding the university as an institution, ultimately showing how universities are a form of social capital, one of Western society’s answers to the dilemma of collective action, and an instrument for preserving and restoring continuity in the world. In this book, author Willem Otterspeer draws on the idea of Leiden as a ‘bastion of liberty’ and proposes that concepts such as ‘equilibrium’ and ‘scale’ are key to understanding the university as an institution, ultimately showing how universities are a form of social capital, one of Western society’s answers to the dilemma of.
The Bastion of Liberty is het eerste boek over de geschiedenis van de Universiteit Leiden sinds Vanuit zijn vakgebied, universiteitsgeschiedenis, gaat Willem Otterspeer in . Without him, it is entirety likely that this country never would have become the bastion of liberty that it did (regardless of how hard so many are trying, today, to make it otherwise). Professor Thompson understands and discusses, in depth, Adams’s fear of tyranny. Much more importantly, however, Thompson makes clear to the reader the very Reviews: (a.k.a. Bastion Of Liberty) "Keep clear of the dupes that talk democracy, And the dogs that bark revolution. Drunk with talk, liars and believers. I believe in my tusks. Long live freedom and damn the ideologies!" My regular Gentle Readers will already be aware that I have a new book out. This book is an interesting read. It can be little difficult to follow sometimes because of the author's reference to other historical people and economists of the period (). The author was French and this book has been translated (quite well, I think). The book is only 88 pages and I Reviews:
Drawing on the idea of Leiden as a 'bastion of liberty', the renowned historian Willem Otterspeer proposes that concepts such as 'equilibrium' and 'mediation' are . The Bastion of Liberty Posted by Ollie on 28 November in Art, Historic | 14 comments This decorative map was published in or around , as a commemorative keepsake for a weary city and a population that had just been through the Second World War, including The Blitz. It was designed by an artist, Kerry Lee. We featured Lee’s Bastion of Liberty map, a detailed portrait of London to remind the war-weary s/50s public of the great city that they lived in, in November We hadn’t seen the map itself, just other references to it on the web, and that’s still the case, but in January this year we got an email from Jan Danielsson, to say he’d found, and bought, a rare copy of the map in an. In this thoughtful and timely consideration of the nature of American power and empire, Anthony Bogues argues that America's self-presentation as the bastion of liberty is an attempt to force upon the world a single universal truth, which has the objective of eradicating the radical imagination.
