{"product_id":"classical-liberalism-paperback","title":"Classical Liberalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Siegel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\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 rediscovers a lost tradition of liberal thought and shows that liberalism went through three phases: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\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\u003eLaissez-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.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377361019187,"sku":"9780978872861","price":24.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/mudW8stWLG9780978872861.webp?v=1779321062","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/classical-liberalism-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}