Freedom: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture Vol I
By Orlando PattersonArgues that the concept of personal freedom developed as it did only in the Western world because of the role of women, along with slaves and foreigners, as outsiders, but that the Christian concept of spiritual freedom led to the justification of social hierarchies
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- Hardcover
- 446 pages
- English
- 0465025358
- 9780465025350
About Orlando Patterson
orlando patterson is john cowles professor of sociology at harvard university; the author of freedom in the making of western culture, which won the nation Read More about Orlando Patterson
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