Rethinking Liberty before Liberalism

Hannah Dawson is Senior Lecturer in the History of Political Thought at King's College London. She is an expert on early modern thought and the history of feminism. Her previous publications include Locke, Language and Early Modern Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Life Lessons from Hobbes (2013), and The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing (2021), as well as numerous scholarly articles. She is a regular contributor to radio, television and festivals.

Annelien de Dijn is Professor of Modern Political History at Utrecht University. She is the author of French Political Thought from Montesquieu to Tocqueville (Cambridge University Press, 2008) and Freedom: An Unruly History (2020) which was awarded the 2021 PROSE Prize in Philosophy by the American Association of Publishers.