{"product_id":"history-as-the-story-of-liberty-9780865972698","title":"History as the Story of Liberty","description":"\u003cp\u003eBenedetto Croce (1866-1952), who is perhaps best known as the author in 1902 of \u003cem\u003eAesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e, wrote \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistory as the Story of Liberty\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1938, when the Western world had succumbed to the notion that history is a creature of blind force. A reviewer at the time noted the importance of Croce's belief that \"the central trend in the evolution of man is the unfolding of new potentialities, and that the task of the historian is to discover and emphasize this trend: the story of liberty.\" As Croce himself writes, \"Even in the darkest and crassest times liberty trembles in the lines of poets and affirms itself in the pages of thinkers and burns, solitary and magnificent, in some men who cannot be assimilated by the world around them.\" The first edition in English of \u003cem\u003eHistory as the Story of Liberty\u003c\/em\u003e appeared in London in 1941. The new Liberty Fund edition includes modest improvements to the translation by Folke Leander and arranged by Claes Ryn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaes G. Ryn\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-74611\"\u003eBenedetto Croce\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865972698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0865972699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS016000\"\u003eHistoriography\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS010000\"\u003eEurope | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42647697260781,"sku":"9780865972698","price":16.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_6139eeb5-304f-4612-9f35-12e617e490eb.jpg?v=1649177824","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/history-as-the-story-of-liberty-9780865972698","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}