Whose freedom? : the battle over America’s most important idea / George Lakoff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (277 p.)Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.440973
LOC classification:
  • JC 599 L192w 2006
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Contents:
Introduction: In the name of freedom -- Freedom is freedom is freedom -- Why freedom is visceral -- The logic of simple freedom -- The nation-as-family metaphor -- Progressive freedom : the basics -- Conservative freedom : the basics -- Causation and freedom -- Personal freedom and populism -- Economic freedom -- Religion and freedom -- Foreign policy and freedom -- Bush's "freedom" -- Taking back freedom.
Summary: An analysis of the Bush administration's uses and definitions of the concept of freedom examines how conservatives have reinterpreted beliefs about freedom to promote Republican interests for such issues as the war on terror and abortion.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JC 599 L192w 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000093993

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-274).

Introduction: In the name of freedom -- Freedom is freedom is freedom -- Why freedom is visceral -- The logic of simple freedom -- The nation-as-family metaphor -- Progressive freedom : the basics -- Conservative freedom : the basics -- Causation and freedom -- Personal freedom and populism -- Economic freedom -- Religion and freedom -- Foreign policy and freedom -- Bush's "freedom" -- Taking back freedom.

An analysis of the Bush administration's uses and definitions of the concept of freedom examines how conservatives have reinterpreted beliefs about freedom to promote Republican interests for such issues as the war on terror and abortion.

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