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Towards the Light: The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights That Made the Modern West
by: A.C. Grayling

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780747592990
ISBN: 0747592993
Label: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: September 01, 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Studio: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sales Rank: 66003

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Grayling is not a historian. And it shows.
I am a huge fan of Grayling's philosophical writings, and as far as I am aware, I have read (and enjoyed) all of his published books. But this really was disappointing, despite my own active interest in human rights.

The main problem is this: Grayling is not a historian. And, more importantly, it shows. The author trudges through key figures and events in his "story of the struggles for liberty and rights" offering very little historical analysis along the way. His key point is this: all the rights and liberties we enjoy, only exist because of the struggles and sacrfices of those who have gone before us. Further, we would do well to remember this at a time when our governments seem determined to erode our liberties in the name of ... Read More:


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A sorely needed refresher course
I have no hesitation in giving Professor Grayling's book five stars.

It is an education and vigorous refresher for anyone like myself who recognises names like Spinoza, Locke, Voltaire, Milton, de Tocqueville, but has only a hazy understanding of what they stand for, and only a patchy idea of the significance of the Glorious English Revolution of 1688 and the American and French revolutions, but has now in these times an uneasy feeling that the ideas and principles underpinning free societies are neglected. In as little as three hundred well written pages he explains it all.

I will let others extol the virtues of the book and here draw attention to one serious flaw, or to be kind to the author, to draw attention to an ... Read More:

 



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