{"product_id":"classical-liberalism-charles-siegel-9780978872861","title":"Classical Liberalism","description":"\"Classical Liberalism is a must read. For one thing, readers should not deprive themselves of the pure enjoyment of this engaging and clear-minded narrative of a broad swath of history. For another, anyone concerned about the state of democratic civil society in the West, and worried about its future, cannot afford to neglect this disarming analysis.\" \u003cp\u003e- Prof. Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, Syracuse University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to the conventional history, liberalism went through two phases, laissez-faire liberalism and modern liberalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book rediscoveers a lost tradition of liberal thought and shows that liberalism went through three phases: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClassical liberalism\u003c\/b\u003e believed in positive freedom, the right of people to manage their own affairs and to govern themselves. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVictorian liberalism\u003c\/b\u003e had two aspects. Laissez-faire liberalism accommodated the industrial economy by inventing the ideal of negative freedom: freedom was simply absence of government control. There was also a more idealistic aspect of Victorian liberalism which is largely forgotten today but which was central to the abolitionist and feminist movements. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eModernist liberalism\u003c\/b\u003e kept the laissez-faire idea of negative freedom but applied it to a narrow realm of personal behavior. It expected centralized organizations to make important decisions, and it emphasized personal freedom. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Laissez-faire and modernist liberalism redefined freedom as negative in order to accommodate economic growth. To revitalize the liberal tradition, we need to revive the ideal of positive freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Siegel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 097887286X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780978872861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Preservation Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.53d","brand":"Charles Siegel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926946152703,"sku":"9780978872861","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8be9aeb1-7807-4f83-93b4-fa4300712287.jpg?v=1681085912","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/classical-liberalism-charles-siegel-9780978872861","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}