From Classical to Modern Republicanism
Reflections on England, Scotland, America, and France
Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-50985-9 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-50985-9 (ISBN)
What did it mean and does it still mean anything to say that a country is a republic? Why does it matter? This book addresses a historical debate that has present day implications, especially for our understanding of liberalism in America, England, Scotland, and France.
In 1955 Louis Hartz published a volume titled The Liberal Tradition in America, in which he argued that liberalism was the one and only American tradition. Since then scholars of New Left and neoconservative persuasion have offered an alternative account based on the notion that the civic notions of antiquity continued to dominate political thought in modern times. Against this revisionist view the argument of From Classical to Modern Liberalism is that we need to study America in comparative perspective, and if we do so we shall discover that republicanism in the modern world was distinctively modern, drawing upon ideas of natural rights, consent, and social contract. Rather than a struggle between liberalism and republicanism, we should speak about liberal republicanism. Rather than republicanism versus liberalism, we should address liberalism versus illiberalism, the true issue of our age.
In 1955 Louis Hartz published a volume titled The Liberal Tradition in America, in which he argued that liberalism was the one and only American tradition. Since then scholars of New Left and neoconservative persuasion have offered an alternative account based on the notion that the civic notions of antiquity continued to dominate political thought in modern times. Against this revisionist view the argument of From Classical to Modern Liberalism is that we need to study America in comparative perspective, and if we do so we shall discover that republicanism in the modern world was distinctively modern, drawing upon ideas of natural rights, consent, and social contract. Rather than a struggle between liberalism and republicanism, we should speak about liberal republicanism. Rather than republicanism versus liberalism, we should address liberalism versus illiberalism, the true issue of our age.
Mark Hulliung is Richard Koret Professor of History at Brandeis University.
1. Introduction: The Use and Abuse of History 2. "Republicanism": Revisiting the Career of a Concept 3. Republicans Before the Republic: Helvétius, Holbach, and Saige 4. Republics Without Borders: Richard Price, Joseph Priestley, Catharine Macaulay, and Thomas Paine 5. What Is Living, What Is Dead in "Republicanism?"
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Research in Early Modern History |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-367-50985-7 / 0367509857 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-50985-9 / 9780367509859 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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