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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- CHAPTER I Europe and the Theologico-Political Problem -- CHAPTER II Machiavelli and the Fecundity of Evil -- CHAPTER III Hobbes and the New Political Art -- CHAPTER IV Locke, Labor, and Property -- CHAPTER V Montesquieu and the Separation of Powers -- CHAPTER VI Rousseau, Critic of Liberalism -- CHAPTER VII Liberalism after the French Revolution -- CHAPTER VIII Benjamin Constant and the Liberalism of Opposition -- CHAPTER IX François Guizot: The Liberalism of Government -- CHAPTER X Tocqueville: Liberalism Confronts Democracy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: The Task Ahead-Rediscovering the Liberal Tradition -- 1. The Decline of Liberalism in the Eighties -- 2. A History of Attacks on Liberalism: Patterns of Hysteria and Reaction -- 3. The Liberal Political Philosophy -- 4. The Liberal Tradition in America -- 5. Liberalism and Affirmative Government -- 6. Lessons from History: A Comparison of Liberalism and Conservatism -- 7. The Recognition and Role of Values in the Liberal Tradition -- 8. Liberalism and Community -- 9. A Liberal Approach to Four Contemporary Issues -- 10. The Crisis of Liberalism and the Challenges for the Future -- Conclusion: The Importance of Ideology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This spirited analysis and defence of American liberalism demonstrates the complex and rich traditions of political, economic, and social discourse that have informed American democratic culture from the seventeenth century to the present. The Virtues of Liberalism provides a convincing response to critics right and left. In contrast to prevailing tendencies to simplify and distort American liberalism, Kloppenberg shows how the multifaceted virtues of liberalism have inspired theorists and reformers from Jefferson and Madison through Jane Addams and John Dewey to Martin Luther King Jr., and how these virtues persist in the work of liberal democrats today. Endorsing the efforts of such neo-progressive and communitarian theorists and journalists as Michael Walzer, Jane Mansbridge, and Michael Sandel, Kloppenberg adds a more acute analysis of the historical development of American liberalism and of the complex reasons why it has been transformed and made more vulnerable in recent decades.; At a time when conservatives join radicals in distorting the development of liberalism and underestimating its resources, Kloppenberg offers a probing historical analysis and reassessment of the theory and practice of liberalism today.

The Conditions in Which Liberalism and Capitalism Appeared. The Conditions in Which Liberalism and Capitalism Appeared -- Political and Legal Conditions -- Economic and Sociological Conditions -- The Evolution of Liberalism and Capitalism. The Evolution of Liberalism and Capitalism -- The Birth of a New Capitalism in a New World: Financial Capitalism -- Towards 21st Century Capitalism.

Preface; 1. Introduction: Liberalism and The End of Ideology 2. C. B. Macpherson: Liberalism as Possessive Individualism 3. Herbert Marcuse: Liberalism and Liberation 4. Leo Strauss: Liberalism and the Modern Project 5. Michael Oakeshott: Liberalism as Rationalism in Politics 6. Conclusion: Modern Liberalism: The Present Controversy; Bibliography; Index

Liberalism and its Practice brings together leading authorities who provide an excellent insight into the meaning and practice of liberalism. This book explores current debates surrounding liberalism at the end of the twentieth century and what it has to offer in practice. Its focus is two of liberalism's greatest emerging challenges: multiculturalism and states struggling with the transition to democracy. It considers considers the significant tensions that these pressures bring to liberal frameworks and asks what the viable alternatives are.

Liberalism and Distributive Justice discusses liberalism, capitalism, distributive justice, and John Rawls's difference principle. Chapters are organized in a narrative arc: from liberalism as the dominant political and economic system, to the laws governing interpersonal transactions in liberal society, to basic economic and political institutions that determine distributive justice.

Liberalisms, a work first published in 1989, provides a coherent and comprehensive analytical guide to liberal thinking over the past century and considers the dominance of liberal thought in Anglo-American political philosophy over the past 20 years. John Gray assesses the work of all the major liberal political philosophers including J.S. Mill, Herbert Spencer, Karl Popper, F.A Hayek, John Rawls and Robert Nozick, and explores their mutual connections and differences.

First published in 1985. Liberalism was under increasing attack from both socialists and conservatives towards the end of the twentieth century. This book argues that, far from having little to contribute towards solving the problems of the modern world, liberalism is, in fact, of central importance. It discusses the arguments against liberalism put forward by four major political theorists, refuting the general thrust of their criticisms and taking issue with many points of detail used by them to support their arguments. It analyses the origins of liberalism, discusses its major achievements and explains why it continues to be a crucially important movement.