In Search of the Liberal Moment: Democracy, Anti-totalitarianism, and Intellectual Politics in France since 1950 (1st ed. 2016)

Synopsis

This book explores a series of challenging new perspectives on the origins, development, and legacy of France's 'liberal moment' during the second half of the twentieth century. It surveys a significant shift in interest regarding socio-political philosophy and culture, with the 1970s emergence of a blossoming French curiosity about liberalism and liberal thought. While liberalism had played an important role in French political debate prior to this period, liberal voices were often disregarded. It was not until this newfound fascination with liberalism by French intellectuals—spanning from the second left to the new right—that a French liberal revival truly occurred. In Search of the Liberal Moment addresses this revival, its resultant resuscitation of nineteenth-century authors like Tocqueville and Constant, its relationship with the contemporary rise of neoliberalism in Britain and the US, and how its adherents used liberalism to rethink the past, present, and future of modern democracy.

Copyright:

2016

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781137581266

Related ISBNs:

9781137578235

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan US, New York

Date of Addition:

02/14/21

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N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Language Arts, Philosophy, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

S. Sawyer

Edited by:

Iain Stewart