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OXFORD POLITICAL THEORY uc mpatiiy Res rnd for AL Wha Anything) Comfy Capit Jury iin: yo Mtaphycand ‘Theory "Th Palio Pe: Demarco Rereation On Nationa Makara ined A Liberal hay of Mine Rigs Chi Ve igh, ie and ‘Rep Libri ase Doge REPUBLICANISM A THEORY OF FREEDOM AND GOVERNMENT | PHILIP PETTIT OXFORD CHAPTER 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 tometaete eos on eam ontogeny aeaee creat ete one ae eee cues aoe cies oS cca ae rea cram eet coehs mar oii See oye dae Fee rrp a rg trae er reeds MPs el ShtupersnedscSlne wmneone soe bea Sebel sof yan he Sac Se Sel of oppo 18. 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 Emini frenehengtepmen ke Moot, Cota 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) ieee note pot ipo a ered i in 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

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