Western Political Tradition - The Development of Modern Liberalism

Author: Water
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: The Western political tradition has been deeply intertwined with modern liberalism. Modern liberalism believes that freedom is only possible with law, and government officials must be subject to public opinion supervision. Even in the Middle Ages, such beliefs took one form or another to shape the presuppositions of Western political thought. The purpose of this book is to analyze various issues of modern liberalism from a historical perspective. Frederick Water achieved this goal from the perspective of a comprehensive intellectual history of liberalism: he focuses on major theorists throughout history as the focal points of his lectures, examining the successes, failures, and adversaries experienced in the development of liberal thought, and providing very effective definitions and suggestions for modern liberalists caught in dilemmas.