Liberalism and Republicanism in the Historical Imagination
- ISBN-10
- 0674530136
- ISBN-13
- 9780674530133
- Category
- Liberalism
- Pages
- 351
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Authors
- Joyce Oldham Appleby, Professor of History Joyce Appleby
Description
The author claims that liberal assumptions color everything American, from ideas about human nature to fears about big government. Not the dreaded "L" word of the 1988 presidential campaign; liberalism in its historical context emerged from the modern faith in free inquiry, natural rights, economic liberty, and democratic government. The author contrasts this view with classical republicanism--ornate, aristocratic, prescriptive, and concerned with the common good. The two concepts, as the author shows, posed choices in their day and in ours, specifically in addressing the complex relations between individual and community, personal liberty and the common good, aspiration and practical wisdom.
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