Liberalism in modern times : essays in honour of José G. Merquior / edited by Ernest Gellner and César Cansino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gellner, Ernest.

Contributor:

Cansino Ortiz, César.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merquior, José Guilherme.

Liberalism.

liberalisme--[etudes diverses].

liberalisme.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest : Central European University Press, 1996.

Summary:

This fascinating study pays tribute to the life and work of the Brazilian essayist, thinker, and diplomat José G. Merquior, who died prematurely in 1991.

This fascinating study pays tribute to the life and work of the Brazilian essayist, thinker and diplomat José G. Merquior, who died prematurely in 1991. Part I concentrates on Merquiorian thought itself and examines Merquior's own incisive review of the rebirth of the liberal idea. Part II ranges more widely: here, such distinguished contributors as John Hall, Ernest Gellner and Norberto Bobbio develop some of Merquior's favourite themes - liberalism as it relates to social cohesion, political stability, morality, republicanism and democracy, and the relativeness and scepticism that characterize postmodern thinking. The book's application to two regions of the world - to Merquior's own Latin America and to Central and Eastern Europe - is direct and obvious.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

CONTRIBUTORS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

POST SCRIPTUM TRISTE

INTRODUCTION

PART I On Merquiorian Thought

1 A Panoramic View on the Renaissance of Liberalisms

2. Merquior and Liberalism

3. Modernity and Postmodernity in the Thought of Jose Merquior

4. Merquior the Liberalist

5. Variations on a Theme by J. G. Merquior

Part II On Merquiorian Themes

6. Liberalism and Trust

7. Adam Ferguson and the Surprising Robustness of Civil Society

8. Politics and Morality

9. On Deliberation: Rethinking Democracy as Politics Itself

10. On 'Postmodern' Scepticism

11. The Futures of Latin America: Conservative or Liberal-Democratic?

PART III On Merquior's Life and Work

12. Jose G. Merquior, 1941-1991

13. Annotated Bibliography of Jose G. Merquior

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-003-72048-X

963-386-485-2

9781003720485

OCLC:

1305910336