Read The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century

The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century

Helena Rosenblatt

4.9/5 (13009 ratings)

Description:The changing face of the liberal creed from the ancient world to todayThe 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century. To get started finding The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0691184135

Description: The changing face of the liberal creed from the ancient world to todayThe 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century. To get started finding The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century

The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century

More Books

Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion (Ideas in Context, Series Number 92)

Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion (Ideas in Context, Series Number 92)

[(The Cambridge Companion to Constant)] [Author: Helena Rosenblatt] published on (April, 2009)

[(The Cambridge Companion to Constant)] [Author: Helena Rosenblatt] published on (April, 2009)

Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion (Ideas in Context) by Helena Rosenblatt (2008-11-13)

Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion (Ideas in Context) by Helena Rosenblatt (2008-11-13)

Rousseau and Geneva: From the First Discourse to The Social Contract, 1749–1762 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 46)

Rousseau and Geneva: From the First Discourse to The Social Contract, 1749–1762 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 46)

The Cambridge Companion to Constant (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

The Cambridge Companion to Constant (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

Thinking with Rousseau: From Machiavelli to Schmitt

Thinking with Rousseau: From Machiavelli to Schmitt

Rousseau and Geneva: From the First Discourse to the Social Contract, 1749-1762

Rousseau and Geneva: From the First Discourse to the Social Contract, 1749-1762

La historia olvidada del liberalismo: Desde la antigua Roma hasta el siglo XXI

La historia olvidada del liberalismo: Desde la antigua Roma hasta el siglo XXI

Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men: by Jean-Jacques Rousseau with Related Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)

Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men: by Jean-Jacques Rousseau with Related Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)