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Freedom: Laurie Taylor explores an unruly and disputed concept. How it came to be equated with limited government and the liberty of white people.

Freedom: Laurie Taylor explores an unruly & disputed concept. Annelien de Dijn, Professor of Modern Political History at Utrecht University, asks how it came to be identified with limited government. Does our view of freedom owe more to the enemies of democracy than the liberty lovers of the Age of Revolution? Also, Tyler Stovall, Professor of History at Fordham University, considers the intertwined histories of racism and freedom in the United States, a nation that has claimed liberty as at the heart of their national identity.

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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Mon 25 Oct 202100:15
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Guests and Further Reading

Tyler Stovall - Professor of History and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Fordham University

White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea (Princeton University Press)


Annelien de Dijn - Professor of Modern Political History at Utrecht University

Freedom: An Unruly History (Harvard University Press)


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  • Wed 20 Oct 202116:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 25 Oct 202100:15
    BBC Radio 4

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