A short history of constitutional liberalism in America
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DOI: 10.1007/s10602-018-9257-2
Abstract: American liberalism emerged before the most famous European liberal intellectuals put their pens to paper. It was grounded partly on liberal ideas that were in the air before those works were written, but mostly on… read more here.
Keywords: american liberalism; history constitutional; constitutional liberalism; short history ... See more keywords
Civil Society, Populism and Liberalism
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DOI: 10.1007/s10767-020-09377-1
Abstract: This paper considers the threats that various kinds of populism might be said to pose to the ideal of a civil society that mediates between ‘private’ and family life and the state. Although it is… read more here.
Keywords: state; society; civil society; society populism ... See more keywords
Rescuing Liberalism from Silencing
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DOI: 10.1007/s10805-020-09383-0
Abstract: In this paper, I criticize two recent and influential arguments for no-platforming advanced by Robert Simpson and Amia Srinivasan and by Neil Levy, respectively. What both arguments have in common is their attempt to reconcile… read more here.
Keywords: liberalism silencing; rescuing liberalism; simpson srinivasan; levy ... See more keywords
Strong Political Liberalism
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DOI: 10.1007/s10982-023-09491-z
Abstract: Public reason liberalism demands that political decisions be publicly justified to the citizens who are subjected to them. Much recent literature emphasises the differences between the two main interpretations of this requirement, justificatory and political… read more here.
Keywords: reason; liberalism; philosophy; strong political ... See more keywords
On Laborde’s Liberalism
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DOI: 10.1007/s11572-019-09492-x
Abstract: This paper discusses Cécile Laborde’s book, Liberalism’s Religion . First, I pose some questions about how Laborde’s central proposal—disaggregating religion—is meant to solve the two most serious challenges that she argues confront existing liberal egalitarian… read more here.
Keywords: liberalism; philosophy; laborde liberalism;
Limits to Liberalism: Considerations for the Anthropocene
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106763
Abstract: Abstract Modern liberal societies appear ill-prepared to meet the paramount challenges of the Anthropocene. While liberalism has been the winning modern ideology since 1990, dominating both political and economic institutions in most countries worldwide, it… read more here.
Keywords: ideology; limits liberalism; considerations anthropocene; philosophy ... See more keywords
The Promise and Peril of the Popular: Interpretations of Nineteenth-Century Popular Liberalism in Mexico
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022216x24000051
Abstract: Abstract This article examines the literature on popular liberalism in nineteenth-century Mexico and the shortcomings of two interpretations: popular liberalism as an alternative to elite liberalism, and popular liberalism as a strategy to ultimately pursue… read more here.
Keywords: promise peril; liberalism; peril popular; popular liberalism ... See more keywords
Does Liberalism Need Free Will? Augustinianism, Pelagianism, and the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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DOI: 10.1017/s147924432500006x
Abstract: The historiography of liberalism has taken a theological turn. Many scholars now trace the origins of liberal thought to Christian orthodoxy, with its emphasis on the radical equality of humanity under the absolute sovereignty of… read more here.
Keywords: benjamin franklin; pelagianism; liberalism; augustinianism pelagianism ... See more keywords
Election Administration in the United States: The State of Reform after Bush v. Gore. By R. Michael Alvarez and Bernard Grofman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 247p. $88.00 cloth, $30.99 paper, $24.00 ebook.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592717002390
Abstract: and Ignacio Agramonte y Loynaz, were steeped in classical liberalism. They envisioned Cuba as becoming a society centered on a recognition of natural rights, limited government, and an unfettered and competitive market. Castro himself, throughout… read more here.
Keywords: ideology; market; book; cuban ... See more keywords
Deliberative Democracy Now: LGBT Equality and the Emergence of Large-Scale Deliberative Systems. By Edwina Barvosa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 308p. $99.99 cloth.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592719000161
Abstract: through the first chapter. Thereafter, we have a very readable history of ideas of a conventional kind, but little attempt to pause to ask whether the concept has changed, and if so, how. A related… read more here.
Keywords: equality emergence; lgbt equality; deliberative democracy; democracy lgbt ... See more keywords
The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century. By Helena Rosenblatt. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. 368p. $35.00 cloth.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592719000409
Abstract: This book is, the author tells us, an essay in conceptual history, what Reinhard Kosellek called Begriffsgeschichte. Since liberalism is a term with a relatively short and contested history, the word whose history is at… read more here.
Keywords: helena rosenblatt; history liberalism; chapter; history ... See more keywords