Moderate and Radical Liberalism: The Enlightenment Sources of Liberal Thought

Nathaniel Wolloch

ISBN 10: 9004508031 / ISBN 13: 9789004508033

Published by BRILL, 2022

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KlappentextA new reading of a crucial chapter in the history of social and political thought - the transition from the late Enlightenment to early liberalism.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Moderate and Radical Liberalism: The Enlightenment Sources of Liberal Thought
• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004508031
• ISBN 13: 9789004508033
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book provides a new reading of one of the most significant chapters in the history of social and political thought – the transition from the late Enlightenment to early liberalism. In contrast with prevailing interpretations of the emergence of liberalism, which emphasize the conservative liberal reaction of the nineteenth century, it presents a more optimistic depiction of how formerly radical principles of the Enlightenment were eventually adopted by the mainstream of moderate early liberalism. To substantiate this innovative interpretation the book provides a detailed history of late Enlightenment and early liberal social and political thought on both sides of the Atlantic.

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About the Author

Nathaniel Wolloch, Ph.D. (1998), is an independent scholar from Israel. He has published widely on the intellectual history of the long eighteenth century, including The Enlightenment’s Animals: Changing Conceptions of Animals in the Long Eighteenth Century (Amsterdam University Press, 2019).