In Search Of European Liberalisms

Author : Michael Freeden,Javier Fernández-Sebastián,Jörn Leonhard
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789202816

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In Search of European Liberalisms by Michael Freeden,Javier Fernández-Sebastián,Jörn Leonhard Pdf

Since the Enlightenment, liberalism as a concept has been foundational for European identity and politics, even as it has been increasingly interrogated and contested. This comprehensive study takes a fresh look at the diverse understandings and interpretations of the idea of liberalism in Europe, encompassing not just the familiar movements, doctrines, and political parties that fall under the heading of “liberal” but also the intertwined historical currents of thought behind them. Here we find not an abstract, universalized liberalism, but a complex and overlapping configuration of liberalisms tied to diverse linguistic, temporal, and political contexts.

Author : Harold J. Laski
Publisher : Aakar Books
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Liberalism
ISBN : 8187879459

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The Rise of European Liberalism; An Essay in Interpretation by Harold J. Laski Pdf

This Book, A Classic By One Of The Outstanding Political Scientists Of The Twentieth Century Seeks To Take Account Of The Factors Through Which Liberalism, The Guiding Doctrine Of Western Civilization Emerged As A New Ideology To Meet The Needs Of A New World In Which Status Was Replaced By Contract As The Judicial Foundation Of Society, Science Began To Replace Religion As The Controlling Factor In Giving Shape To The Ideas Of Humanity.Liberalism Was Synonymous Of Freedom Since It Emerged As The Foe Of Privilege Conferred By Virtue Of Birth Or Creed. However, The Freedom It Sought Had No Universality, Since Its Practice Was Limited To Men Who Had Property To Defend. Liberalism Tried To Discover A System Of Fundamental Rights, Which The State Is Not Entitled To Invade; However, It Turned Out To Be More Urgent And More Ingenious In Exerting Them To Defend The Interests Of Property Than To Protect The Interest Of Propertyless. As Soon As It Sought To Effect Fundamental Transformation Of Institutions Whose Habits It Was Supposed To Inform, It Found That It Was The Prisoner Of The End, It Was Destined To Serve. Soon The Liberal Spirit Was Vandalized And What Ensued Was War And Devastation, Ironically In The Name Of Saving That Very Spirit.Although Written In 1936, This Work Appears Equally Relevant Today As It Helps To Understand The Difficulties Of Our Time.

Author : Harold J. Laski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351302869

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The Rise of European Liberalism by Harold J. Laski Pdf

Beginning with the new worlds of the Renaissance and the Reformation, this book traces the growth of liberal doctrine through the advent of the French Revolution. It shows the relationship of liberalism to the emerging economic system of capitalism, and the impact of this relationship upon science, philosophy, and literature. Laski explains how the same causes which produced the socially active aspect of liberalism also inspired the growth of socialism. The contributions of men like Machiavelli, Locke, and Voltaire, the influence of the voyages of discovery, and the effect of the Puritan Rebellion are among the special topics discussed. The Rise of European Liberalism is a historical survey of the development of liberal thought, from its earliest whispers in early Protestantism to its significance in the "Red Decade" of the 1930s. Laski argues that liberalism as a philosophy came into existence with the rise of capitalism and thus functions primarily as an ideological defense of private property in a business civilization. Hence, liberalism's progressive side is doomed to defeat because, throughout its history, the bourgeois nature of the ideology has always prevailed. In the new introduction, John Stanley traces the history and influences of Laski's thought and provides a detailed analysis of Laski's work. The essay provides a coherent study in itself of why Laski is better remembered than widely read. The Rise of European Liberalism is a classic text that deserves rediscovery for historians, philosophers, sociologists, and political scientists of the present day.

Author : Zbigniew Drozdowicz
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9783643904331

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Essays on European Liberalism by Zbigniew Drozdowicz Pdf

The historical controversies and misunderstandings arising between the liberals and their numerous and socially important adversaries persuaded the author of this book to survey the traditions and contemporary ideological frame of liberalism. One of the key motives behind this endeavor was to demonstrate that there is no single liberalism, and in fact never has been. There have been, however, multiple different liberalisms, and so it remains important to contextualize them in the social and cultural contexts of particular continents, as well as specific countries. (Series: Development in Humanities - Vol. 13)

Author : Harold J. Laski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317586654

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The Rise of European Liberalism (Works of Harold J. Laski) by Harold J. Laski Pdf

A valuable piece of intellectual history, readable in its own terms, this volume, beginning with the Renaissance and the Reformation, traces the growth of Liberal doctrine until the advent of the French Revolution. It shows the relation of Liberalism to the new economic system, and the impact of this upon science, philosophy and literature. The book explains how the same causes which produced the Liberal spirit also produced the reasons for the growth of Socialism.

Author : Harold Joseph Laski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Liberalism
ISBN : OCLC:1014604157

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The Rise of European Liberalism by Harold Joseph Laski Pdf

Author : Harold Joseph Laski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Liberalism
ISBN : OCLC:247540147

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The Rise of European Liberalism by Harold Joseph Laski Pdf

Author : Dieter Gosewinkel
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782384250

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Anti-liberal Europe by Dieter Gosewinkel Pdf

The history of modern Europe is often presented with the hindsight of present-day European integration, which was a genuinely liberal project based on political and economic freedom. Many other visions for Europe developed in the 20th century, however, were based on an idea of community rooted in pre-modern religious ideas, cultural or ethnic homogeneity, or even in coercion and violence. They frequently rejected the idea of modernity or reinterpreted it in an antiliberal manner. Anti-liberal Europe examines these visions, including those of anti-modernist Catholics, conservatives, extreme rightists as well as communists, arguing that antiliberal concepts in 20th-century Europe were not the counterpart to, but instead part of the process of European integration.

Author : Harold J. Laski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1138822086

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The Rise of European Liberalism (Works of Harold J. Laski) by Harold J. Laski Pdf

A valuable piece of intellectual history, readable in its own terms, this volume, beginning with the Renaissance and the Reformation, traces the growth of Liberal doctrine until the advent of the French Revolution. It shows the relation of Liberalism to the new economic system, and the impact of this upon science, philosophy and literature. The book explains how the same causes which produced the Liberal spirit also produced the reasons for the growth of Socialism.

Author : Massimo Salvadori
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015000701592

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European Liberalism by Massimo Salvadori Pdf

European liberalism: an introduction.--John Milton on freedom of the press.--John Locke on self-government, property, and tolerance.--Habeas corpus and Bill of rights.--Montesquieu on liberty and democracy.--Voltaire, champion of toleration.--Adam Smith, a free enterprise economy.--Immanuel Kant, the principle of liberty and its derivations.--The Declaration of the rights of man and the French Constitution of 1791.--Von Humboldt, preparation for statesmanship.--Constant, de Tocqueville, Thiers: from oligarchic to democratic liberalism.--Cavour, the voice of liberalism in Italy.--John Stuart Mill, the embodiment of European liberalism.--Liberalism in Russia, the unfulfilled promise.--Rathenau, towards a new society.--Benedetto Croce on the religion of liberty.--Jo Grimond on the liberal future.--Servan-Schreiber on a European New Deal.--A Liberal International.--Suggested reading (p. 185-189).

Author : Harold Joseph Laski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Liberalism
ISBN : OCLC:7238555

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The Rise of European Liberalism by Harold Joseph Laski Pdf

Author : Irene Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Free enterprise
ISBN : NWU:35556002183788

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Liberalism in Nineteenth-century Europe by Irene Collins Pdf

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138538280

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The Rise of European Liberalism by Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

Author : Niklas Olsen,Hagen Schulz-Forberg
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443866187

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Re-Inventing Western Civilisation by Niklas Olsen,Hagen Schulz-Forberg Pdf

The volume shows that neoliberalism concerns a tradition carried by a network of people, who understood themselves as liberals (and at times as neoliberals) and who sought to create societies based on individual freedom and a free market economy. It also shows that neoliberalism emerged as a transnational and multilingual phenomenon and that it cannot be reduced to one doctrine or practice. The book will enrich the reader’s knowledge of the political-ideological landscapes and developments in various European regions and countries, in addition to transforming the overall picture of European (neo)liberalisms in the twentieth century.

Author : Emilie van Haute,Caroline Close
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351245494

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Liberal Parties in Europe by Emilie van Haute,Caroline Close Pdf

This book investigates how liberal parties have evolved over time as a party family, in a comparative perspective. Through a discussion of the applicability of the concept of party family to liberal parties, it gives a better picture of the development, challenges, and opportunities for liberal parties in Europe. The history of liberal parties in Europe is peculiar and the origins of the liberal family are not clearly defined. Liberal parties are still quite heterogeneous given the various meanings embraced in the idea of liberalism, including economic liberalism, cultural liberalism, progressivism, social-liberalism. Bringing together the best specialists engaged in the study of liberal parties, and with a two-levels perspective (comparative and case study), this book renews and expands our knowledge on the liberal party family in Europe. Four major themes are developed, linked to the four approaches of the concept of party family: electoral performances, participation to power, ideology and political program, and party organization. These themes are systematically developed in case studies, and in comparative chapters. Primarily aimed at scholars and students in comparative politics, this book should especially appeal to scholars in the fields of political parties and party systems, representation and elections, voting behavior, and public opinion.