The book examines the origins and development of the modern liberal tradition and explores the relationship between republicanism and liberalism between 1750 and 1830. The authors consider the diverse settings of Scotland, the American colonies, the new United States, and France and examine the writ...

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Main Author:	Kalyvas, Andreas 1967- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008
Subjects:	Geschichte 1700-1800 Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1750-1830 Geschichte Liberalism / History / 18th century Liberalism / History / 19th century Republicanism / History / 18th century Republicanism / History / 19th century Republikanismus Liberalismus
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	The book examines the origins and development of the modern liberal tradition and explores the relationship between republicanism and liberalism between 1750 and 1830. The authors consider the diverse settings of Scotland, the American colonies, the new United States, and France and examine the writings of six leading thinkers of this period: Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson, James Madison, Thomas Paine, Germaine de Staël, and Benjamin Constant. The book traces the process by which these thinkers transformed and advanced the republican project, both from within and by introducing new elements from without. Without compromising civic principles or abandoning republican language, they came to see that unrevised, the republican tradition could not grapple successfully with the political problems of their time. By investing new meanings, arguments, and justifications into existing republican ideas and political forms, these innovators fashioned a doctrine for a modern republic, the core of which was surprisingly liberal
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (viii, 191 pages)
ISBN:	9780511790782
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511790782