Mill and LiberalismCambridge University Press, 26 de gen. 1990 - 161 pàgines Mill and Liberalism was first published in 1963. Initial reactions varied from the uncomprehending to the splenetic. In the intervening quarter-century the intellectual climate has changed as reflected by its greatest exemplar, to warrant fresh consideration. Unlike many commentators, before or subsequently, Maurice Cowling endeavours to view Mill's thought as a coherent whole with a specific proselytising purpose, geared to the emasculation of Christianity and its replacement by a libertarian public doctrine. This interpretation aroused much contemporary hostility, and in a new introduction Cowling locates Mill and Liberalism within the broader intellectual history of post-war Britain, looking at the various strands of the 'new Right' and relating the academic to more specifically journalistic or political manifestations. |
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Preface to the First Edition | viii |
The historic mission | 3 |
4 | 52 |
Liberalism and the Religion of Humanity | 77 |
CRITICISM | 95 |
The authority of the clerisy | 106 |
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