In search of European liberalisms : concepts, languages, ideologies / edited by Michael Freeden, Javier Fernández-Sebastián and Jörn Leonhard.

"Since the Enlightenment, liberalism as a concept has been foundational for European identity and politics, even as it has been increasingly interrogated and contested. This comprehensive study takes a fresh look at the diverse understandings and interpretations of the idea of liberalism in Europe,...

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Uniform Title:European conceptual history.
Other Authors: Freeden, Michael (Editor)
Fernández Sebastián, Javier, 1952- (Editor)
Leonhard, Jörn (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2019.
Series:European conceptual history.
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Physical Description:vi, 346 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : European liberal discourses : conceptual affinities and disparities / Michael Freeden and Javier Fernandez-Sebastian
  • Habsburg liberalisms and the Enlightenment past, 1790-1848 / Franz Leander Fillafer
  • Formulating and reformulating 'liberalism' : Germany in European comparison / Jorn Leonhard
  • 'Friends of freedom.' : first liberalisms in spaIn and beyond / Javier Fernandez-Sebastian
  • Liberalism in Portugal in the nineteenth century / Nuno Goncalo Monteiro and Rui Ramos
  • The rise and fall of 'liberalism' in France / Helena Rosenblatt
  • Nordic liberalisms. Sweden and Denmark in comparison / Jussi Kurunmaki and Jeppe Nevers
  • 'Liberalism' and 'liberality'. the liberal tradition in the Netherlands / Henk te Velde
  • A conceptual scheme of Polish liberalism : Six Pillars /
  • Liberal politics without liberal thought? The strange career of Italian liberalism / Paolo Pombeni
  • Encounters with liberalism in post-Soviet Russia / Olga Malinova
  • Temporal evolution and morphological complexity : the multiple layers of British liberalism / Michael Freeden.