The Individualists (eBook)

Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism

Matt Zwolinski, John Tomasi (Autoren)

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2023
432 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-24104-3 (ISBN)

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A sweeping history of libertarian thought, from radical anarchists to conservative defenders of the status quoLibertarianism emerged in the mid-nineteenth century with an unwavering commitment to progressive causes, from women's rights and the fight against slavery to anti-colonialism and Irish emancipation. Today, this movement founded on the principle of individual liberty finds itself divided by both progressive and reactionary elements vying to claim it as their own. The Individualists is the untold story of a political doctrine continually reshaped by fierce internal tensions, bold and eccentric personalities, and shifting political circumstances.Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi trace the history of libertarianism from its origins as a radical progressive ideology in the 1850s to its crisis of identity today. They examine the doctrine's evolution through six defining themes: private property, skepticism of authority, free markets, individualism, spontaneous order, and individual liberty. They show how the movement took a turn toward conservativism during the Cold War, when the dangers of communism at home and abroad came to dominate libertarian thinking. Zwolinski and Tomasi reveal a history that is wider, more diverse, and more contentious than many of us realize.A groundbreaking work of scholarship, The Individualists uncovers the neglected roots of a movement that has championed the poor and marginalized since its founding, but whose talk of equal liberty has often been bent to serve the interests of the rich and powerful.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.4.2023
• Zusatzinfo: 2 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: activism • Advocacy • Analogy • andrew carnegie • A Treatise of Human Nature • Ayn Rand and the World She Made • barriers to entry • Beatrice Webb • Bissau • Bolivia • Cape Verde • Capitalism • Classical Liberalism • Collectivism • Compulsory sterilization • Comstock Laws • Contagious Diseases Acts • Creative Work • Crime • Currency • economic freedom • Edward Atkinson (activist) • Executive agency • Fraud • free market fairness • Guaranteed minimum income • Heterosexism • imperialism • Individual • Individualism • Individualist anarchism • Institution • International isolation • invisible Hand • Jihadism • John Stuart Mill • Juan de Mariana • land reform • Leninism • liberal democracy • Libertarianism • Libertarianism in the United States • Libertarianism.org • Libertarian Party (United States) • local government • Ludwig von Mises • Lysander Spooner • Montesquieu • Moral Disorder • mormons • MSNBC • Murray Rothbard • Nationality • New Deal • No Connection • Occupational Safety and Health • peasant • Philosopher • Philosophy • Political Party • Political repression • Positivism • Power structure • Practical reason • Principles of Economics (Menger) • proslavery • Pseudonym • Public Choice • Public sphere • Reality • Rebellion • Regulation • Richard Epstein • right to property • Robert Nozick • Science • Selfishness • Self-ownership • Slavery • Socialism • Social Justice • Social Movement • Social organization • Spontaneous Order • Statism • Structural Analysis • Subsidy • Superiority (short story) • Tax law • The 19th • The Rational Optimist • The Use of Knowledge in Society • Thought • undergraduate education • Understanding • United States Department of State • Universal Suffrage • Usage • Venality • White-Collar Crime
• ISBN-10: 0-691-24104-X / 069124104X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-24104-3 / 9780691241043