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1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) : illustrations. |
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Textual Moments in the History of Political Thought |
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Textual moments in the history of political thought.
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| Summary |
"Liberalism has been one of the leading incarnations of political thought for the past two centuries and it was also the first form of political theory to acquire a truly global reach. This volume examines the work of the most pivotal thinkers in the liberal tradition, starting with Montesquieu and proceeding to a wide range of authors from the French Revolution to the present. The book is distinctive in encompassing the wide spectrum of views historically encompassed by liberalism, revealing its geographical as well as intellectual scope by including conceptions of liberalism formed in Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. Twenty-four chapters cover thinkers including Madame de Stael, Alexis de Tocqueville, Abraham Lincoln, John Stuart Mill Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, John Dewey, Hu Shih, Hannah Arendt and John Rawls. Each chapter offers a commentary on a short critical passage from the author concerned. Essayists use their chosen passage to explore the meaning and significance of the author's work for both the historical tradition of liberalism and for political thought more generally. The book is organized chronologically, building up a richly detailed overview of the tradition of liberalism and its key writings. The book will be an indispensible companion to courses on liberal thought, on political ideologies and on the history of political thought and will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, philosophy and history."-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Explores the work of the pivotal thinkers in the liberal tradition from Montesquieu to the present, exploring liberalism as the first truly global form of political thought"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Liberal Beginnings; Chapter 1 Montesquieu; Chapter 2 In Praise of Liberty: Madame de Staël's Considerations; Chapter 3 Benjamin Constant on the Liberty of the Ancients and the Moderns; Chapter 4 Jeremy Bentham; Chapter 5 James Madison; Chapter 6 Tocqueville's New Liberalism; Part 2 Liberalism Confronts the World; Chapter 7 Abraham Lincoln's Commentary on the 'Plain Unmistakable Language' of the Declaration of Independence; Chapter 8 John Stuart Mill; Chapter 9 Alexander Herzen. |
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Chapter 10 T.H. GreenChapter 11 Sarmiento: Liberalism between Civilization and Barbarism; Chapter 12 Namik Kemal's Constitutional Liberalism: Sovereignty, Justice and the Critique of the Tanzimat; Chapter 13 Khayr al-Din Basha; Chapter 14 Jacob Burckhardt's Dystopic Liberalism; Part 3 Liberalism Confronts the Twentieth Century; Chapter 15 Max Weber; Chapter 16 Was Keynes a Liberal?; Chapter 17 John Dewey and Liberal Democracy; Chapter 18 Public Ownership and Totalitarianism: Hu Shih's Reflections; Chapter 19 Hannah Arendt: Power, Action and the Foundation of Freedom. |
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Chapter 7Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Open Access |
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Liberalism -- History.
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Liberalism -- Philosophy.
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies.
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Political science & theory.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Conservatism & Liberalism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Liberalism. (OCoLC)fst00997183
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Liberalism -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst00997189
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Political science -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01069819
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Kahan, Alan S., editor.
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Atanassow, Ewa, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Liberal moments. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017 9781474251044 (DLC) 2016057242 (OCoLC)951925405 |
| ISBN |
9781474251068 (electronic book) |
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1474251064 (electronic book) |
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9781474251075 (electronic book) |
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1474251072 |
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9781474251044 |
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1474251048 |
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9781474251051 |
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1474251056 |
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