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- The Making of Modern Liberalism
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Princeton University Press
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One of the world's leading political thinkers explores the history, nature, and prospects of the liberal tradition
The Making of Modern Liberalism is a deep and wide-ranging exploration of the origins and nature of liberalism from the Enlightenment through its triumphs and setbacks in the twentieth century and beyond. The book is the fruit of the more than four decades during which Alan Ryan, one of the world's leading political thinkers, reflected on the past of the liberal tradition—and worried about its future.
This is essential reading for anyone interested in political theory or the history of liberalism.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-ix
- Introduction
- pp. 1-18
- PART 1: Conceptual and Practical
- 1. Liberalism
- pp. 21-44
- 2. Freedom
- pp. 45-62
- 3. Culture and Anxiety
- pp. 63-90
- 4. The Liberal Community
- pp. 91-106
- 5. Liberal Imperialism
- pp. 107-122
- 6. State and Private, Red and White
- pp. 123-138
- PART 2: Liberty and Security
- 8. Hobbes’s Political Philosophy
- pp. 159-185
- 9. Hobbes and Individualism
- pp. 186-203
- 10. Hobbes, Toleration, and the Inner Life
- pp. 204-219
- 12. Locke on Freedom: Some Second Thoughts
- pp. 233-254
- PART 3: Liberty and Progress, Mill to Popper
- 13. Mill’s Essay On Liberty
- pp. 257-278
- 15. Mill in a Liberal Landscape
- pp. 292-325
- 17. Mill and Rousseau: Utility and Rights
- pp. 346-363
- 21. Popper and Liberalism
- pp. 413-426
- PART 4: Liberalism in America
- 22. Alexis de Tocqueville
- pp. 429-455
- 26. John Rawls
- pp. 505-520
- PART 5: Work, Ownership, Freedom, and Self-Realization
- 29. Utility and Ownership
- pp. 556-572
- 30. Maximizing, Moralizing, and Dramatizing
- pp. 573-585
- 31. The Romantic Theory of Ownership
- pp. 586-599
- 33. Liberty and Socialism
- pp. 617-630
Additional Information
ISBN
9781400841950
Related ISBN(s)
9780691148403, 9780691163680
MARC Record
OCLC
794670880
Pages
680
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No