POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom

Paper · Semantic Scholar

The musical heritage of Bengal played a transformative role in mobilising public consciousness during India’s freedom struggle. Rooted in the Bengal Renaissance and nourished by poets, composers, and performing artists, patriotic songs became instruments of awakening, unity, and resistance against British colonial rule. This article presents a detailed account of the contributions of prominent Bengali musicians, inc…

Reference · Wikidata

concept in Western history and political thought

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Political freedom, also called political autonomy or political agency, is a central concept in history and political thought and one of the most important features of democratic societies. Political freedom has been described as freedom from oppression or coercion, the absence of disabling conditions for an individual and the fulfillment of enabling conditions, or the absence of life conditions of compulsion in soci…

Book · DOAB

In the light of growing political and religious fundamentalism, this open access book defends the idea of freedom as paramount for the attempt to find common ethical ground in the age of globality. The book sets out to examine as yet unexhausted ways to boost the resilience of the principle of liberalism. Critically reviewing the last 200 years of the philosophy of freedom, it revises the principle of liberty in ord…

Full text · Open Library

**Escape from Freedom** is a book by the Frankfurt-born psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, first published in the United States by Farrar & Rinehart in 1941 with the title **Escape from Freedom** and a year later as The **Fear of Freedom** in UK by Routledge & Kegan Paul. It was translated into German and first published in 1952 under the title '**Die Angst vor der Freiheit**' (The Fear of Freedom). In the book, Fromm explo…

Image · DPLA

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