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Living Liberalism
Elaine Hadley
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Description for Living Liberalism
Hardcover. In the mid-Victorian era, liberalism was a practical politics: it had a party, it informed legislation, and it had adherents who identified with and expressed it as opinion. This title argues that the properties of liberalism - citizenship, the vote, the candidate, and reform - were developed in response to a chaotic and antagonistic world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 696.
In the mid-Victorian era, liberalism was a practical politics: it had a party, it informed legislation, and it had adherents who identified with and expressed it as opinion. It was also the first British political movement to depend more on people than property, and on opinion rather than interest. But how would these subjects of liberal politics actually live liberalism? To answer this question, Elaine Hadley focuses on the key concept of individuation - how it is embodied in politics and daily life and how it is expressed through opinion, discussion, and sincerity. These are concerns that have been absent ... Read more
In the mid-Victorian era, liberalism was a practical politics: it had a party, it informed legislation, and it had adherents who identified with and expressed it as opinion. It was also the first British political movement to depend more on people than property, and on opinion rather than interest. But how would these subjects of liberal politics actually live liberalism? To answer this question, Elaine Hadley focuses on the key concept of individuation - how it is embodied in politics and daily life and how it is expressed through opinion, discussion, and sincerity. These are concerns that have been absent ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226311883
SKU
V9780226311883
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About Elaine Hadley
Elaine Hadley is associate professor of English at the University of Chicago.
Reviews for Living Liberalism
"Reading Living Liberalism puts you in the presence of a kind of genuine greatness. Hadley gives a drama to Victorian liberalism that one can't help identify with and gives today's liberalism a sort of existential pathos. Superb." - Bruce Robbins, Columbia University"