Amartya Sen is the most respected and well-known economist of his time. This book is a synthesis of his thought, viewing economic development as a means to extending freedoms rather than an end in itself.
In the process, he outlines the role that government should play in a society dedicated to freedom and relying primarily on the market to organize economic activity.".
On Liberty is a philosophical work by 19th century English philosopher John Stuart Mill, first published in 1859.
Originally published: New York: Farrar & Reinhart, 1941.
The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment.
His Letter calls for religious tolerance and separation of church and state. This edition offers an essential guide to these two foundational works.
This is the revised version of Peter Laslett's acclaimed edition of Two Treatises of Government, which is widely recognised as one of the classic pieces of recent scholarship in the history of ideas, read and used by students of political ...
With a substantive new introduction on Freire's life and the remarkable impact of this book by writer and Freire confidant and authority Donaldo Macedo, this anniversary edition of Pedagogy of the Oppressed will inspire a new generation of ...
The Everyman Paperback Classics series offers the latest scholarship on the works of the world's greatest poets, writers and philosophers.