Aristocratic Liberalism: The Social and Poltical Thought of Jacob Burckhardt, John Stuart Mill, and Alexis de Tocqueville by Alan S. Kahan

New. "Liberalism" is widely used to describe a variety of social and political ideas, but has been an especially difficult concept for historians and political scientists to define. Burckhardt, Mill, and Tocqueville define one type of liberal thought. They share an aristocratic liberalism marked by distaste for the masses and the middle class, opposition to the commercial spirit, fear and contempt of mediocrity, and suspicion of the centralized state. Their fears are combined with an elevated ideal of human personality, an ideal which affirms modernity. All see their ideals threatened in the immediate future, and all hope to save European civilization from barbarism and militarism through some form of education, although all grow more pessimistic towards the end of their lives. Aristocratic Liberalism ignores the national boundaries that so often confine the history of political thought, and uses the perspective thus gained to establish a pan-European type of political thought.… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. This treatise links three 19th-century philosophers in a single intellectual and ideological tradition by identifying similarities in their thought. The author also attempts to correct prevalent misconceptions about 19th-century liberalism.

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Transaction Pub, 2001. Paperback. New. 242 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

Routledge, 2001-01-31. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!