Understanding the concept and meaning of freedom in Western history

理解西方历史上自由的概念和意义

• 批准号: DP0774577
• 负责人: Prof Andrew Fitzmaurice
• 金额: $ 11.97万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2007-03-09 至 2012-03-06
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0774577
• 关键词: Understanding; concept; meaning; freedom; Western

This project directly engages with current political and social debate and particularly with the National Research Priority 'Safeguarding Australia'. The priority goal 'Understanding our region and the world' is at the heart of the project because it addresses the principal political problem following from September 11, 2001: namely, the price of freedom. The project's principal national benefit will be to use history to challenge our very understanding of the nature of freedom. The project questions the paradox that freedom can be assured by compromises made in the name of security and that, in this sense, freedom has a 'price'.

该项目直接参与当前的政治和社会辩论，特别是与国家研究重点“保护澳大利亚”。 “了解我们的地区和世界”是该项目的核心，因为它解决了2001年9月11日之后的主要政治问题：即自由的代价。 该项目的主要国家利益将是利用历史来挑战我们对自由本质的理解。 该项目质疑了一个悖论，即自由可以通过以安全的名义做出的妥协来保证，从这个意义上说，自由是有“价格”的。