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Essays on new liberalism demonstrate that liberalism can accommodate community, rights and liberty.
List of contents
Introduction. The new liberalism and the liberal-communitarian debate Avital Simhony and D. Weinstein; 1. Liberal community: an essay in retrieval Michael Freeden; 2. T. H. Green on individual rights and the common good Rex Martin; 3. T. H. Green's theory of complex common good Avital Simhony; 4. Private property, liberal subjects and the state John Morrow; 5. Neutrality, perfectionism and the new liberal conception of the state James Meadowcroft; 6. Bosanquet's communitarian defense of economic individualism: a lesson in the complexities of political theory Gerald Gaus; 7. The new liberalism and the rejection of utilitarianism D. Weinstein; 8. Staunchly modern, non-bourgeois liberalism Alan Ryan; 9. The new liberalism and citizenship Andrew Vincent; Select bibliography; Index.
Summary
The 'new liberalism', a neglected strand of liberal thinking of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century, demonstrates that liberalism can accommodate community, as well as rights and liberty. These essays by leading scholars will be invaluable to students and scholars of political theory and the history of political thought.
