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Reviewed on March 1, 2002
The title of this work is misleading, as it is much more concerned with honor than with liberalism. Krause (government, Harvard Univ.) seeks to learn how and why people passionately defend individual liberties, even at great risk to themselves. Through a close reading of Montesquieu and Tocqueville, she identifies honor as a key source of "individual agency" and tries ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More