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REPUBLICANISM
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| PHILIP PETTIT
OXFORDCHAPTER 1
Before Negative and Positive Liberty
Negative and positive liberty
CContporay dcsins of scl and poli orenizaon ste
nine by dinson whch ish Bern (1988 mde mou
‘Tins the Grincton boven wath, allowing» ateigtenth:
nvuy tdisos (iad 178) describe ay nope and poste
er
‘Negave iba, a Beta concn of involves the absence of
intreenc wher inererene ns oreo en enon terse
‘Sono he sore exemple, nos jot bythe ply eecon of bi
or imprisonment bu sk by the Cero of the eee hres
(late tne or you ies Your money oh aif). Tam near
seer de dpe ohh no honantcing ere my
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Sebel sof yan he
Sac Se Sel of oppo18. Republican Freedom
deceaizinvidal wil by becoming prof el dering
Poly whch reverand eles what ne somone
Bond more han sake agave Hey ook nce, psine
lheny ominous He uso nastgel wo aula than, wide most
Doe, down-to-earth hiner at ken ey in he agave
‘ote pe cal Hy way ied i cies,
tore nagar Hea th sure concep theca
{Sieg pots pte athen Be nd
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ar Toegule sd in Amram heme le Jros sad Pasa
Shor ihe ponheog of moeriberdam Ht nor the postne
eowpion onthe and with contest omar He Fed,
oases, Ram, Pek, Hoge ad Mans ni regs aod gus
‘egos popig fDi, Chest nd Seo sd wi al,
‘ve oplrn ll dak ike bis and omni
in sdvancing tn ena of brand sary Br made
eootact nt the sadn of dnguing sp from molere
ier ie 1980, Te car agen tae wheres poste
tery something of the parte ery of te incentive
Abery i ataly moder ea Whe mp ery ancien
‘ret talue wt which we canal ow aly ss gpl por
ie bey these fe sar ppl t ach cles
cl premodern sine st the vomante sBcenador of comin:
Enlghcnment Th sncen-modcn dni ad Bsn brought co
‘Prominence cryin eae cna by Bein Conan (98)
{anor on The Lier of he Ancetran the iyo
oder Cnntita erm hry Bris epee ant
Aiden bert bry of boning ts demouseay
evering community the mest prominent aie of Beno
eS coehon Mara ier is bang ts the a of your own
pete il soc bery i sbsng inthe lea pub Leo
{aly deemed wil The modem es characters Ihe,
‘Be ancene carci popele her 1s)
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cleat thogi i es taned phono eos at
a se there are jt ewo way of undersea liber: none
Ircalom sonnei te sence een sack eo ida
Choke ind oder tines the rence sd wal the eee
or 18S: eay Baldwin 1988) a th frees foes
!saary a scales m parol, the prensa exes of
‘hove arson and vocing alien whereby the ina an
tthe Sih ober hormone common poplar wl
Before Neqatioe nd Poste Liberty 19
‘The ogave-positve dinning sustain! «itor aeraive
to go slang wits pllosphieal dichotomy of pretend populist
liter, Under tha ny the toners of than who ek of ery in
premodern timer are smo alway concern with democrat et
Eerhip and pariipacon and the flere that such belonging
lly brags, hey are concerns ofthe nd that woud have been,
flied free chzene of clseal Athen Oe exarpe st
Ahn appears in the vot ove fur of the counter
Enlghenmene (Acne 1973; Mslaeee 196; conta Pley 1975
Fl de Coulngr 190 conc of ody om he
andar sson she produce of» chnging more induc vo
that pen the ideal of publi paruipaton in four ofthe el
of pvt phere ofa in which ech nd cn ge thie
‘own way If democratic partpation supported within this phlor
‘phy oferty, thats nor becnse is & good in el, butter
‘Shearer fl purport the proton of he aidan
Thelewe heteepileopical nd eral postion smi
conceived ad miseing tin parila tht thy conc rom
“iw the philosophic ay and bse ety hd, re
Cally different wy of understanding teeom and the insieonl
‘eguiement of radon 1 dsr this thie spprosch replica,
ay aim inthe present caper tase epalizeism on the
‘msp—the historic sod philosophical nap—ol salable skeraiver
(Gee spite 1998)
Tn Spesking of repoblcnigm, I refer the long republican ea
sion “tnd inde, te broad repute tracion™ tha as bee
the fous ofteret fra eat choo of store scholar (ik
1962; Rah 1965, Buon 1965; Pocock 197; Skier 1978; Papen
1987 Oleld 199, Bock tal, 1990; Fontana 1984). Ths tadion
adit origin in clase Rome, being stot n paris withthe
sue of Cicer. Te was esurece inte Rensssace, featuring pow
‘fll inthe constetina thinking of Maciel, andi played 25
‘Eiporaneeoetn the valconeption ofthe sorters Idan puter
the se modern European pole. Te povided + Ingeage which
‘Tomine the pliser of she modern Wee sn aa pordule
‘lence inthe Duck Repl, daring the English Cn War sn in
‘he period edn up othe American end French Revlon
“The big names ofthis move ser republan tation isle
Harringss. Mowtsguew, and perhaps de Tosquell is cs
include Nouns of se, tough shuld ony dos, by
lights i ie work ie sere t+ non poplie may (cn Spite
19850 The enon often cecrved hu mort encaateppitons