The History of Freedom: From Moses to Mandela - Hardcover
Michael Moynihan provides a historical measure for the fundamental concept of freedom. He reaches back through history to the primordial moment for freedom in the West: the flight of Jews from slavery in Egypt. He then traces an arc that takes the reader through ancient Athens and Rome, Runnymede in the 13th century, Philadelphia in 1787, through to the overthrow of the Raj, the collapse of the Berlin Wall, and up to the present.
This engaging tour illustrates his thesis that freedom has never been the natural state of man, but rather a privilege that must be constantly attended to, fought for, and earned. The fascinating result is both a popular history of freedom as well as a catalyst for discussion of the status of freedom today.
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Michael Moynihan is the author of The Coming American Renaissance. Moynihan served as senior advisor to Clinton's Secretaries of the Treasury, overseeing White House private policy and drafting international agreements concerning e-commerce and tax reform.Moynihan was a Fellow in Technology and Public Policy at Harvard, and before that, a senior consultant at the Economist Intelligence Unit, the consulting arm of The Economist.Moynihan is currently a Fellow at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Government and on faculty at New York University. He lives in New York City.
“As sober and serious as Moynihan's credentials are weighty.” ―The New York Times on The Coming American Renaissance
“Part Pollyanna and part visionary, Moynihan has provided an economic blueprint for the future.” ―Library Journal on The Coming American Renaissance
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- PublisherSt. Martin's Press
- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 0230607748
- ISBN 13 9780230607743
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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