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This book provides a new reading of one of the most significant chapters in the history of social and political thought – the transition from the late Enlightenment to early liberalism. In contrast with prevailing interpretations of the emergence of liberalism, which emphasize the conservative liberal reaction of the nineteenth century, it presents a more optimistic depiction of how formerly radical principles of the Enlightenment were eventually adopted by the mainstream of moderate early liberalism. To substantiate this innovative interpretation the book provides a detailed history of late Enlightenment and early liberal social and political thought on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Price: $251.00
Pages: 970
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: History of European Political and Constitutional Thought
Publication Date:
27 January 2022
ISBN: 9789004508033
Format: Hardcover
"The seventeen dense chapters […] analyze the main intellectual trends in the evolution of Enlightenment and liberal ideas from the mid-eighteenth to late-nineteenth century. […] The emphasis is on the continuities rather than discontinuities in the transition from Enlightenment to liberalism. Wolloch uses the distinction between political moderation and radicalism as a heuristic roadmap to navigate this complex transition. "
----Aurelian Craiutu, in: History of European Ideas published online: 05 Feb 2024
----Aurelian Craiutu, in: History of European Ideas published online: 05 Feb 2024
Nathaniel Wolloch, Ph.D. (1998), is an independent scholar from Israel. He has published widely on the intellectual history of the long eighteenth century, including The Enlightenment’s Animals: Changing Conceptions of Animals in the Long Eighteenth Century (Amsterdam University Press, 2019).