The lost history of liberalism : from ancient Rome to the twenty-first century / Helena Rosenblatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenblatt, Helena, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism--History.

Liberalism.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 348 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"The 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. 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."--Book jacket.

Contents:

What It Meant to Be Liberal from Cicero to Lafayette

The French Revolution and the Origins of Liberalism, 1789-1830

Liberalism, Democracy, and the Emergence of the Social Question, 1830-48

The Question of Character

Caesarism and Liberal Democracy: Napoleon III, Lincoln, Gladstone, and Bismarck

The Battle to Secularize Education

Two Liberalisms: Old and New

Liberalism Becomes the American Creed

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0691170703

9780691170701

OCLC:

1028166609