The bounds of liberalism : the fragility of freedom /

The central question at the heart of this consideration is how far the West may need to modify or extend the liberal philosophy that informs its responses to the multiple world crises it is currently addressing. The book provides a review of the strengths and weaknesses of a social liberalism that,...

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Tác giả chính: Brown, Neville
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Brighton : Sussex Academic Press 2014.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv3029j80
Mục lục:
  • Approaches to Analysis
  • 1. Evolutionary Legacies
  • 1. Our Deeper Past
  • 2. A Northerly Inclination
  • 2. Whence Social Liberalism?
  • 1. Through the Enlightenment
  • 2. Left versus Right
  • 3. Testing Experience
  • 1. Planetary Liberalism
  • 2. Distracted by War
  • 4. The Communist Crash
  • 1. From Marx to Fromm
  • 2. The Cold War
  • 5. Whither Social Liberalism?
  • 1. Pathways to Prescription
  • 2. Rational or Reasonable
  • Accommodating Science
  • 6. Digital Deluge
  • 7. Biology Rampant
  • 8. The Ultimate Challenges
  • 1. Defended Peace
  • 2. To Here from Eternity
  • Parametric Change
  • 9. Global Outreach
  • 1. Planetary Horizons
  • 2. Democracy Assertive
  • 3. Currency Management
  • 10. Elusive Fulfilment
  • 1. Shallow Satisfaction
  • 2. Anomie
  • 11. Urgent Concerns
  • Holistic Response
  • 12. Sovereign Governance
  • 13. Scientific Liberalism
  • 14. A Liberal Reconnaissance
  • 1. Bodies Politic
  • 2. Planetary Patriotism
  • 15. Two Tough Centuries?