{"product_id":"the-new-liberty-survival-and-justice-in-a-changing-world-by-ralf-dahrendorf","title":"'The New Liberty: Survival and Justice in a Changing World' by Ralf Dahrendorf","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-6\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-6\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-6\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-48\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-15 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ff8a0b53-69be-460e-9ab2-aa884a5fb1ef\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"651\"\u003eDelivered as the 1974 BBC Reith Lectures, it discusses freedom and it's meaning after industrial society has expanded people’s rights while surrounding them with increasingly powerful states, corporations, unions and bureaucracies.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"651\"\u003eHis central concern is what he calls “life chances”: the real opportunities people possess to act, participate and shape their own lives, rather than freedoms that exist only on paper. Writing amid economic crisis, student revolt and anxiety about institutional power, Dahrendorf argues that liberty requires an uneasy balance between economic survival, social justice and the individual’s ability to resist organisations that begin serving themselves rather than their members.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"651\"\u003eThe lectures are firmly liberal, but not complacently so: conflict is treated as a permanent feature of free societies and something democracy must accommodate rather than suppress. A compact piece of postwar political thought for readers interested in freedom, class, bureaucracy and the question of whether large institutions liberate people or merely administer them more efficiently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1492\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition. Routledge \u0026amp; Kegan Paul, 1975 paperback. Very good condition with light cover rubbing and minor edge and corner wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45850240122963,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-22T102455.822.png?v=1784679963","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-new-liberty-survival-and-justice-in-a-changing-world-by-ralf-dahrendorf","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}