Rise of European Liberalism (Works of Harold J. Laski) - An Essay in Interpretation

Informationen zum Autor Harold J. Laski Zusammenfassung A valuable piece of intellectual history, readable in its own terms, this volume, beginning with the Renaissance and the Reformation, traces the growth of Liberal doctrine until the advent of the French Revolution. It shows the relation of Liberalism to the new economic system, and the impact of this upon science, philosophy and literature. The book explains how the same causes which produced the Liberal spirit also produced the reasons for the growth of Socialism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. 1. The Background 2. The Seventeenth Century 3. The Age of Englightenment. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Harold J. Laski
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2016
• EAN: 9781138823051
• ISBN: 978-1-138-82305-1
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: The Works of Harold J. Laski
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Essays, Europe, Political Ideologies, English, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, PHILOSOPHY / Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Literary essays, Political ideologies and movements