In search of European liberalisms : concepts, languages, ideologies / edited by Michael Freeden, Javier Fernández-Sebastián and Jörn Leonhard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freeden, Michael, editor.

Fernández Sebastián, Javier, 1952- editor.

Leonhard, Jörn, editor.

Series:

European conceptual history

European conceptual history ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism--Europe--History.

Liberalism.

Europe.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 346 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2019.

Summary:

"Since the Enlightenment, liberalism as a concept has been foundational for European identity and politics, even as it has been increasingly interrogated and contested. This comprehensive study takes a fresh look at the diverse understandings and interpretations of the idea of liberalism in Europe, encompassing not just the familiar movements, doctrines, and political parties that fall under the heading of "liberal" but also the intertwined historical currents of thought behind them. Here we find not an abstract, universalized liberalism, but a complex and overlapping configuration of liberalisms tied to diverse linguistic, temporal, and political contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : European liberal discourses : conceptual affinities and disparities / Michael Freeden and Javier Fernandez-Sebastian

Habsburg liberalisms and the Enlightenment past, 1790-1848 / Franz Leander Fillafer

Formulating and reformulating 'liberalism' : Germany in European comparison / Jorn Leonhard

'Friends of freedom.' : first liberalisms in spaIn and beyond / Javier Fernandez-Sebastian

Liberalism in Portugal in the nineteenth century / Nuno Goncalo Monteiro and Rui Ramos

The rise and fall of 'liberalism' in France / Helena Rosenblatt

Nordic liberalisms. Sweden and Denmark in comparison / Jussi Kurunmaki and Jeppe Nevers

'Liberalism' and 'liberality'. the liberal tradition in the Netherlands / Henk te Velde

A conceptual scheme of Polish liberalism : Six Pillars /

Liberal politics without liberal thought? The strange career of Italian liberalism / Paolo Pombeni

Encounters with liberalism in post-Soviet Russia / Olga Malinova

Temporal evolution and morphological complexity : the multiple layers of British liberalism / Michael Freeden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: In search of european liberalisms

ISBN:

9781789202809

1789202809

OCLC:

1082457946