The Persistence of Liberty: An American Philosophy - Hardcover

Netherton, David Ross

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1948796783 ISBN 13: 9781948796781

Publisher: Hermes Editions, 2019

Synopsis

This appealing book treats the genesis of contemporary American taste, tolerance and energy. The Persistence of Liberty illuminates the idealistic perspective that so many Americans share. In collected essays, it is part cultural history and part odyssey, traveling across recurring themes of the latter twentieth century in prose poetry that draws upon the arts, natural sciences, evolution of the spirit, and the liberty of the American moment to form its own practical philosophy.

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About the Author

David Netherton has lived and worked in Europe and Latin America, and writes about the community of nations and America's place in it. Educated in Boston and Vienna, he trained in epidemiology and global health at Harvard and earned his doctorate in philosophy in the UK. He was born in Chicago in 1948, and he and his wife, Joanne, have two sons. They live in New England.

Review

"Sweeping references forced me to be an engaged and active reader. There is also beautiful poetry in the book...put together in such lyrical, elegant and compelling ways." --ARIELLE ECKSTUT, AUTHOR, The Secret Language of Color

About this edition

• Publisher: Hermes Editions
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1948796783
• ISBN 13: 9781948796781
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 214