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The West’s lust for liberty

The West’s lust for liberty

Update: 2025-05-15
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The late Christopher Coker, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics for almost 40 years, explains why, although the love of liberty is not unique to the West, the lust for liberty is. Read by Helen Lloyd.



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The West’s lust for liberty | Christopher Coker




Image: Leonidas at Thermopylae, by Jacques-Louis David, 1814. Credit: Peter Horree / Alamy Stock Photo
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The West’s lust for liberty

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