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The Making of Modern Liberalism
Alan Ryan
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paperback. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 938.
The Making of Modern Liberalism is a deep and wide-ranging exploration of the origins and nature of liberalism from the Enlightenment through its triumphs and setbacks in the twentieth century and beyond. The book is the fruit of the more than four decades during which Alan Ryan, one of the world's leading political thinkers, reflected on the past of the liberal tradition--and worried about its future. This is essential reading for anyone interested in political theory or the history of liberalism.
The Making of Modern Liberalism is a deep and wide-ranging exploration of the origins and nature of liberalism from the Enlightenment through its triumphs and setbacks in the twentieth century and beyond. The book is the fruit of the more than four decades during which Alan Ryan, one of the world's leading political thinkers, reflected on the past of the liberal tradition--and worried about its future. This is essential reading for anyone interested in political theory or the history of liberalism.
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton Univers. Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
944g
Number of Pages
680
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691163680
SKU
V9780691163680
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About Alan Ryan
Alan Ryan, the former warden of New College, Oxford, has taught political theory at Oxford and Princeton since 1969. His books include The Philosophy of John Stuart Mill, Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism, and Liberal Anxieties and Liberal Education.
Reviews for The Making of Modern Liberalism
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013 "A magisterial volume... It will appeal to specialists on particular thinkers and topics or to those interested in the trajectory of the liberal tradition inaugurated by Hobbes and Locke."
Jeremy Waldron, New York Review of Books "By choosing to consider the rich interface between liberalism and philosophy (rather than, say, sociology or party ... Read more
Jeremy Waldron, New York Review of Books "By choosing to consider the rich interface between liberalism and philosophy (rather than, say, sociology or party ... Read more