Many contemporary historians and political philosophers claim that liberal thought first emerged in the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century and evolved into a distinct philosophical tradition during the Age of Enlightenment (e.g. Mesnard 1969; Kelly 2005, Paul et al …
Small ‘l’ Liberalism Before Big ‘l’ Liberalism Liberalism
It therefore challenges those ‘political liberals’ who seek to isolate individual autonomy as valuable only in the political sphere, and those other liberals who argue that liberalism should not commit itself to autonomy at all. The thesis argues that these …
The Future Of Liberalism Liberalism
In Britain, a populist Conservative government faces a Labour Party with a new, left-liberal leader, Keir Starmer. In France, Marine Le Pen remains a serious threat to Europe’s leading liberal renewer, Emmanuel Macron. In Hungary, the EU has an increasingly …
Liberalism, Political Theory, And The Rights Of Minority Cultures Liberalism
We must, then, be tough on populism and tough on the causes of populism. The third prong requires us to meet, by liberal means, the daunting global challenges of our era, including climate change, pandemics and the rise of China. …
Academy Of Liberalism Liberalism
In a liberal democracy it won’t do for one party, even if it consists entirely of the most impeccably liberal “big L” Liberals, to remain continuously in charge. So liberal renewal demands a degree of consensus across parties, such as …
Unreal Liberalism For An Unreal World Liberalism
This will be a liberalism of fear (in Judith Shklar’s celebrated phrase) but it must also be a liberalism of hope. As in a double helix, fear of the human barbarism that can always return will be intertwined with hope …
Centre For Idealism And The New Liberalism Liberalism
It is not good for any country if a large proportion of its younger, energetic, educated and enterprising citizens are seeking better lives elsewhere. It is not good for freedom in such places if too many local liberals choose to …
Small ‘l’ Liberalism Before Big ‘l’ Liberalism Liberalism
These authoritative volumes present the key articles which illuminate the history and development of liberalism from the seminal contributions of John Locke down to the most recent work by contemporary political theorists such as John Rawls, Richard Rorty and Robert …