Another Liberalism Romanticism and the Reconstruction of Liberal Thought

Name: Another Liberalism Romanticism and the Reconstruction of Liberal Thought
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ISBN: 9780674037656

ISBN-10: 0674037650

ISBN-13: 9780674037656

Edition: 1987

Authors: Nancy L. Rosenblum

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Another Liberalism contributes an original perspective to debates about the nature and foundations of liberal thought. In it Nancy Rosenblum describes the dynamic of romanticism and liberalism as one of mutual opposition and reconciliation. She argues that romanticism sees liberalism as cold, contractual, and aloof. And conventional liberal legalism disdains romanticism's longing for all that is personal, unique, and expressive. We learn, however, that romanticism, chastened by its excesses and frustrated by its failures, can "come home" to liberalism. We also learn that liberalism can accommodate individuality and expressivity, reclaiming what it had repressed. Rosenblum creates a…

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List price: $68.50
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/28/1987
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction: Making Peace with Liberalism



The Romantic Sensibility Confronts Conventional Liberalism



Romantic Militarism versus Civil Society



The Law of the Heart versus Legalism



Liberalism and Romanticism at the Margins: The Uses of Private Life



The Penumbra of Privacy



Beyond Liberalism and Romanticism: Antipolitics and the Spirit of Detachment



Bringing Romanticism Home



Heroic Individualism and the Spectacle of Diversity



The New Face of Pluralism: Self-Cultivation and Shifting Involvements



Repairing the Communitarian Failings of Liberal Thought


Conclusion: Romanticism and the Reconstruction of Liberal Thought


Notes


Index