Western Political Tradition (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 there must be law for freedom, 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 unified intellectual history of liberalism: he took the major theorists in history as the focus of discussion, examined the successes, failures, and adversaries in the development of liberal thought, and provided very effective definitions and suggestions for modern liberalists trapped in dilemmas. The Western political tradition has been deeply intertwined with modern liberalism. Modern liberalism believes that there must be law for freedom, and government officials must be subject to public opinion supervision. Even in the Middle Ages, such beliefs could take 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 unified intellectual history of liberalism; he took the major theorists in history as the focus of discussion, examined the successes, failures, and adversaries in the development of liberal thought, and provided very effective definitions and suggestions for modern liberalists trapped in dilemmas.