Inventing the Individual

The Origins of Western Liberalism

Book • 2014

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Yancey Strickler

as a book that tells the story of how the modern concept of an individual hasn’t always been here.

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Jonah Goldberg

as a book about individualism, discussing mundane things such as states giving everybody last names.

Recommended Larry Seedentop's book 'Inventing the Individualness' on how English kind of swim on the liberal individualism.

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Tim Keller

when referencing Larry Siedentop's exploration of the importance of the individual and its connection to a personal God.

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