Liberalism and modern society : a historical argument /
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| Author / Creator: | Bellamy, Richard (Richard Paul) |
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| Imprint: | University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1992. |
| Description: | x, 310 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1395391 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: from Ethical to Economic Liberalism
- 1. Britain: Liberalism Defined. Victorian values: character and social progress c.1840-80. J. S. Mill: a collectivist individualism. T. H. Green: an individualist collectivism. The strange after-life of liberal Britain: L. T. Hobhouse and the new liberalism
- 2. France: Liberalism Socialized. Solidarism, social science and the 'social question' in the Third Republic. Emile Durkheim, the division of labour and the sources of organic solidarity. Anomie, egoism and the modern moral malaise. Politics, power and communication
- 3. Italy: Liberalism Transformed. Trasformismo: the dialectic of force and consent from Cavour to Giolitti. A frustrated liberal: Vilfredo Pareto and the failure of ethical liberalism. An elegiac liberal: Benedetto Croce and liberalism as history
- 4. Germany: Liberalism Disenchanted. The German question. Max Weber and German politics: nationalism, imperialism and the liberal state. Liberalism and modernity: capitalism, rationality, bureaucracy and socialism. Rethinking liberal democracy
- 5. Contemporary Liberal Philosophy: Liberalism Neutralized. Neutralist liberalism: Nozick, Hayek, Dworkin, Rawls. Communitarian liberalism: Walzer, Raz. Liberalism and modern society. Conclusion: from Liberal Democracy to Democratic Liberalism.