Description: This is the first volume to treat the idea of positive freedom in detail and from multiple perspectives.
Brief description: John Christman is Professor of Philosophy, Political Science, and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is author of The Politics of Persons (Cambridge, 2009) and Social and Political Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction (2002, 2017), and editor of Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy (with Thomas Christiano, 2009), among other works in social and political philosophy.
Review Quotes: 'This is a very rich volume exploring the notion of 'positive freedom' from a variety of angles: historical, conceptual, normative, and related to applied debates. Highly recommended to any reader who wants to know what thinking about 'positive freedom' has to offer us.' Ingrid Robeyns, Utrecht University