Making of Modern Liberalism

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-691-14840-3
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 736 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1098 g

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, has reflected on the past of the liberal tradition--and worried about its future. Tracing the emergence of liberalism as articulated by some of its greatest proponents, including Locke, Tocqueville, Mill, Dewey, Russell, Popper, Berlin, and Rawls, the book explores key themes such as the meaning and nature of freedom, individual rights, and tolerance. It also examines how property rights fit within liberal thinking, how work and freedom are connected, and how far liberal freedoms are compatible with a socialized economy. This is essential reading for anyone interested in political theory or the history of liberalism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ryan, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Liberalismus, Libertarismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1
Part 1: Conceptual and Practical 19

1. Liberalism 21

2. Freedom 45

3. Culture and Anxiety 63

4. The Liberal Community 91

5. Liberal Imperialism 107

6. State and Private, Red and White 123

7. The Right to Kill in Cold Blood: Does the Death Penalty Violate Human Rights? 139
Part 2: Liberty and Security 157

8. Hobbes's Political Philosophy 159

9. Hobbes and Individualism 186

10. Hobbes, Toleration, and the Inner Life 204

11. The Nature of Human Nature in Hobbes and Rousseau 220

12. Locke on Freedom: Some Second Thoughts 233
Part 3: Liberty and Progress, Mill to Popper 255

13. Mill's Essay On Liberty 257

14. Sense and Sensibility in Mill's Political Thought 279

15. Mill in a Liberal Landscape 292

16. Utilitarianism and Bureaucracy: The Views of J. S. Mill 326

17. Mill and Rousseau: Utility and Rights 346

18. Bureaucracy, Democracy, Liberty: Some Unanswered Questions in Mill's Politics 364

19. Bertrand Russell's Politics: 1688 or 1968? 381

20. Isaiah Berlin: Political Theory and Liberal Culture 395

21. Popper and Liberalism 413
Part 4: Liberalism in America 427

22. Alexis de Tocqueville 429

23. Staunchly Modern, Nonbourgeois Liberalism 456

24. Pragmatism, Social Identity, Patriotism, and Self-Criticism 473

25. Deweyan Pragmatism and American Education 489

26. John Rawls 505
Part 5: Work, Ownership, Freedom, and Self-Realization 521

27. Locke and the Dictatorship of the Bourgeoisie 523

28. Hegel on Work, Ownership, and Citizenship 538

29. Utility and Ownership 556

30. Maximizing, Moralizing, and Dramatizing 573

31. The Romantic Theory of Ownership 586

32. Justice, Exploitation, and the End of Morality 600

33. Liberty and Socialism 617
Notes 631

Index 665

Über Autor(innen)

Ryan, Alan
Alan Ryan, the former warden of New College, Oxford, has taught political theory at Oxford and Princeton since 1969. His books include "The Philosophy of John Stuart Mill,""Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism," and "Liberal Anxieties and Liberal Education."