Reflects on histories of freedom and republicanism through a major new reappraisal of Quentin Skinner's Liberty before Liberalism.

Provides one of the most substantial statements about the importance, relevance, and potential excitement of this form of historical enquiry.

What did democracy mean before liberalism? What are the consequences for our lives today? These questions are examined by this book.

In an ere as morally confused as ours, Stoner argues, we at least ought to know what we've abandoned or suppressed in the name of judicial activism and the mode

Winner of the PROSE Award An NRC Handelsblad Best Book of the Year “Ambitious and impressive...At a time when the very survival of both freedom and democracy