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The Idea of Liberty, 1600–1800: A Distributional Concept Analysis
- Journal of the History of Ideas
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Volume 81, Number 3, July 2020
- pp. 381-406
- 10.1353/jhi.2020.0023
- Article
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Abstract:
This article uses computational and statistical methods for analyzing the concept of liberty 1600–1800. Based on a bespoke set of tools for parsing conceptual structures it contributes to the literature on the concept of liberty and engages with the thesis concerning negative liberty first put forward by Isaiah Berlin and subsequently modified by Quentin Skinner.