The Concept of Liberty: the Polemic between the Neo-Republicans and Isaiah Berlin

This article offers an analysis of the polemic between neo-republicanism and Isaiah Berlin on the concept of liberty. Neo-republican theory argues that Berlin's concept of liberty allows arbitrary power to emerge, and that the characteristically negative association between intervention and lib...

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Main Author: Ivo Coser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Political Science Association 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Political Science Review
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bpsr/v8n3/1981-3821-bpsr-8-3-0039.pdf