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Ignorance and Liberty (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)

By Lorenzo Infantino

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
ISBN
0415285739, 9780415285735, 9780203552858
LCC
HB95 .I4913 2003
Open Library ID
OL3563700M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
650 kB (665483 bytes)
Series
Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Edition
1
Pages
221\221
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

There is a long line, running from antiquity to the present day, which unites all those who believe in an open society. This school of thought bases the demand for liberty on the recognition of human ignorance; we need to be free because we are ignorant and fallible. Ignorance and Liberty examines how the market is a place which liberates us from this idea of a priviledged source of knowledge. The market is not only a place where goods are exchanged but also where different philosophical ideas and religious beliefs must co-habit, opening up new horizons and undermining the sense of an absolute that prevails in a closed world.

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