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Author Freeden, Michael

Title Liberal languages : ideological imaginations and twentieth-century progressive thought / Michael Freeden
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 271 pages)
Contents Ch. 1. Twentieth-century liberal thought : development or transformation? -- Ch. 2. Liberal community : an essay in retrieval -- Ch. 3. The concept of poverty and progressive liberalism -- Ch. 4. Layers of legitimacy : consent, dissent, and power in left-liberal languages -- Ch. 5. J.A. Hobson as a political theorist -- Ch. 6. Hobson's evolving conceptions of human nature -- Ch. 7. Eugenics and progressive thought : a study in ideological affinity -- Ch. 8. True blood or false genealogy : new labour and British social democratic thought -- Ch. 9. The ideology of new labour -- Ch. 10. Is nationalism a distinct ideology? -- Ch. 11. Political theory and the environment : nurturing a sustainable relationship
Summary Liberal Languages reinterprets twentieth-century liberalism as a complex set of discourses relating not only to liberty but also to welfare and community. Written by one of the world's leading experts on liberalism and ideological theory, it uses new methods of analyzing ideologies, as well as historical case studies, to present liberalism as a flexible and rich tradition whose influence has extended beyond its conventional boundaries. Michael Freeden argues that liberalism's collectivist and holistic aspirations, and its sense of change, its self-defined mission as an agent of developing civilization--and not only its deep appreciation of liberty--are central to understanding its arguments. He examines the profound political impact liberalism has made on welfare theory, on conceptions of poverty, on standards of legitimacy, and on democratic practices in the twentieth century. Through a combination of essays, historical case studies, and more theoretical chapters, Freeden investigates the transformations of liberal thought as well as the ideological boundaries they have traversed. --From publisher's description
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Subject Liberalism.
Political science -- History -- 20th century
Ideology.
liberalism.
ideology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Conservatism & Liberalism.
Ideology
Liberalism
Political science
Liberalismus
Liberalisme.
Ideologieën.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400826353
1400826357
9780691116778
0691116776
9780691116785
0691116784