Book Reviews : The Anatomy of Freedom. By HENRY PRATT FAIRCHILD, with an introduc tion by CORLISS LAMONT. (New York: Philosophical Library. 1957. Pp. xiii, 103. $3.50.)

• Author: Currin V. Shields
• Published date: 01 September 1958
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295801100332
• Date: 01 September 1958
• Subject Matter: Articles

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Perhaps Eggleston understated the strength of the bonds that hold member-
nations together. They are not only historical, but also economic, cultural,
and political; loose as the association is, its usefulness persists and it may
iong enaure.
DEAN E. McHENRY.
University of California, Los Angeles.
The Anatomy of Freedom. By HENRY PRATT FAIRCHILD, with an introduc-
tion by CORLISS LAMONT. (New York: Philosophical Library. 1957. Pp.
xiii, 103. $3.50.)
This book is the last published work of the longtime professor of soci-
ology at New York University. Just why it was published is not clear. No
doubt one reason why a publisher decides to convert a manuscript intro print
is a belief that an author has something new and different to say about a
subject. Evidently there are other reasons for publishing books.
In the introduction this little posthumous volume is described as a
&dquo;small encyclopedia&dquo; on the subject of &dquo;the many types of freedom.&dquo; In
the preface the author declares that the purpose of the book is &dquo;to examine
the belief in freedom, to see how much of it is illusion, and to seek the
possibilities of achieving the maximum realization....&dquo; Actually, the book
is mainly an undertaking in the definition of terms. It reads like a collection
of marginal notations about verbal trivia. The terms belabored are drawn
from the familiar jargon of nineteenth-century...