Moderate and Radical Liberalism

The Enlightenment Sources of Liberal Thought
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-50803-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 970 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1571 g

Reihe: History of European Political and Constitutional Thought

This book provides a new reading of one of the most significant chapters in the history of social and political thought – the transition from the late Enlightenment to early liberalism. In contrast with prevailing interpretations of the emergence of liberalism, which emphasize the conservative liberal reaction of the nineteenth century, it presents a more optimistic depiction of how formerly radical principles of the Enlightenment were eventually adopted by the mainstream of moderate early liberalism. To substantiate this innovative interpretation the book provides a detailed history of late Enlightenment and early liberal social and political thought on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Wolloch, Nathaniel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Liberalismus, Libertarismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Nathaniel Wolloch, Ph.D. (1998), is an independent scholar from Israel. He has published widely on the intellectual history of the long eighteenth century, including The Enlightenment’s Animals: Changing Conceptions of Animals in the Long Eighteenth Century (Amsterdam University Press, 2019).