Reclaiming Liberalism

âDavid Hardwick and Leslie Marsh have assembled a contentious collection of independent thinkers on liberalismâs identity and prospects. Should liberalism be democratic, classical, ordo, legalistic, culture-based, market-based, or what? The interna... Read more

âDavid Hardwick and Leslie Marsh have assembled a contentious collection of independent thinkers on liberalismâs identity and prospects. Should liberalism be democratic, classical, ordo, legalistic, culture-based, market-based, or what? The international crew of authorsâfrom Australia, Canada, China and the USAâdraw upon the insights of key historic figures from Locke to Montesquieu to Burke to Dewey to Hayek to Rawls (and of course others, given liberalismâs rich history), and they leave us with a set of liberalisms both in collision and in overlapping agreement. This book is stimulating reading for those engaged with next-generation liberal thought.â âStephen R. C. Hicks, Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University. This collection redresses the conceptual hubris and illiteracy that has come to obscure the central presuppositions of classical liberalism - that is, the wresting of epistemic independence from overwhelming concentrations of power, monopolies and capricious zealotries, whether they be statist, religious or corporate in character. Less