Timothy Ferris - The Science of Liberty 2011 Unabridged l 560.4 MiB

Timothy Ferris - The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature

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Overview
In his most powerful book to date,award-winning author Timothy Ferris makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy. Ferris shows how science was integral to the American Revolution but misinterpreted in the French Revolution; reflects on the history of liberalism, stressing its widely underestimated and mutually beneficial relationship with science; and surveys the forces that have opposed science and liberalism?Çöfrom communism and fascism to postmodernism and Islamic fundamentalism. A sweeping intellectual history, The Science of Liberty is a stunningly original work that transcends the antiquated concepts of left and right.

A. C. Grayling

?Ç£Lucid and captivating. . . . Deeply important. . . . Ferris?ÇÖs clear and educative account makes for an enjoyable read.?Ç¥

The Financial Times

?Ç£Unfashionably optimistic. . . . Ferris provides irrefutable evidence that, despite the tragedies of war and terrorism, there has been astounding progress in both the living standards and the degree of personal freedom enjoyed by the majority of the human race.



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