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[This book] not only places our thoughts about Berlin, Constant and Green into a new and much broader and coherent frame, but also advances our understanding of the concept [of liberty] itself, lifting it out of the sterile ideological debates of previous decades. [This is] an immensely interesting text, which in my estimation should in future be an essential component of any proper appraisal of the concept of liberty Andrew Vincent, Book review in Global Intellectual History, 2020. The text represents a very serious and erudite attempt to revisit a key debate in political theory and to ask us to reconsider how we have conceptualised the distinction between positive and negative liberty. To that extent, it is a very original piece of work. Jeremy Jennings, King's College London, UK This is a major contribution to political theory, as well as a key study in British Idealist political thought. It gives the most thorough treatment of Green on freedom that exists. The way it untangles the various strands of Green's accounts, but also critically assesses them and suggests how to improve and build on them, is admirable. The discussion of Berlin achieves the difficult task of showing both his strengths and insights and also his limitations and deficiencies; and then, after identifying gaps in his argument, showing how to fill them. Altogether, it covers a huge range of issues, and throws light on them all. Peter Nicholson, author of The Political Philosophy of the British Idealists, and a leading expert in British Idealism This book is a landmark in the study of positive and negative liberty. It develops a creative reconstruction of the political philosophy of three prominent liberals - Benjamin Constant, T.H. Green and Isaiah Berlin - and carries their scholarship into contemporary political theory. This book helps us rethink positive and negative freedom in today's world. Avital Simhony, Arizona State University, USA

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Maria Dimova-Cookson is Associate Professor in Politics at the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, UK.

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