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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967309903321

Autore

Ryan Alan <1940->

Titolo

The making of modern liberalism / / Alan Ryan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012

ISBN

9786613831743

9781283519298

1283519291

9781400841950

140084195X

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (681 p.)

Disciplina

320.51/309

Soggetti

Liberalism - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Conceptual and practical -- pt. 2. Liberty and security -- pt. 3. Liberty and progress, mill to popper -- pt. 4. Liberalism in America -- pt. 5. Work, ownership, freedom, and self-realization.

Sommario/riassunto

The Making of Modern Liberalism is a deep and wide-ranging exploration of the origins and nature of liberalism from the Enlightenment through its triumphs and setbacks in the twentieth century and beyond. The book is the fruit of the more than four decades during which Alan Ryan, one of the world's leading political thinkers, reflected on the past of the liberal tradition-and worried about its future.This is essential reading for anyone interested in political theory or the history of liberalism.