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The Lost History of Liberalism
Helena Rosenblatt
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Beschreibung
The changing face of the liberal creed from the ancient world to today
The Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a political creed that has become a rallying cry—and a term of derision—in today’s increasingly divided public square. Taking readers from ancient Rome to today, Helena Rosenblatt traces the evolution of the words “liberal” and “liberalism,” revealing the heated debates that have taken place over their meaning.
In this timely and provocative book, Rosenblatt debunks the popular myth of liberalism as a uniquely Anglo-American tradition centered on individual rights. She shows that it was the French Revolution that gave birth to liberalism and Germans who transformed it. Only in the mid-twentieth century did the concept become widely known in the United States—and then, as now, its meaning was hotly debated. Liberals were originally moralists at heart. They believed in the power of religion to reform society, emphasized the sanctity of the family, and never spoke of rights without speaking of duties. It was only during the Cold War and America’s growing world hegemony that liberalism was refashioned into an American ideology focused so strongly on individual freedoms.
Today, we still can’t seem to agree on liberalism’s meaning. In the United States, a “liberal” is someone who advocates big government, while in France, big government is contrary to “liberalism.” Political debates become befuddled because of semantic and conceptual confusion. The Lost History of Liberalism sets the record straight on a core tenet of today’s political conversation and lays the foundations for a more constructive discussion about the future of liberal democracy.
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Illiberal democracy, Principles of Political Economy, Separation of church and state, Atheism, Catholic Church, Suffrage, John Stuart Mill, Manliness (book), Religion, July Monarchy, Religion of Humanity, Philosophy, Democracy in America, Ultra-royalist, Political science, Politics, Laissez-faire, Classical liberalism, Liberalism in the United States, Wealth, Government, Individualism, Liberal socialism, Giuseppe Mazzini, Jews, Protestantism, Propaganda, Liberal education, Tax, Liberal Movement (Australia), Liberal Party (UK), Colonialism, Napoleon III, Patriotism, Political Liberalism, Alexis de Tocqueville, Unitarianism, Morality, Slavery, Universal suffrage, Imperialism, Popular sovereignty, Christianity, Dictatorship, Prussia, Political economy, Authoritarianism, Voting, Legislation, Franco-Prussian War, Aristocracy, James Mill, Politician, Caesarism, Despotism, Liberalism, William Ellery Channing, Political philosophy, Liberal Christianity, Liberal democracy, The Wealth of Nations, Revolutions of 1848, Counter-revolutionary, Economic interventionism, Free trade, Pamphlet, Democracy, Philosopher, Napoleon, Religious liberalism