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Liberalism is arguably the dominant political idea in modern Western political thought. But what exactly defines liberalism? Is there a core essence that revolves around concepts like freedom and autonomy? Certainly, liberal thought has branched out and developed in many ways, from John Locke and John Stuart Mill to John Rawls and beyond. Moreover, liberalism has been repeatedly criticized and questioned. In this seminar, which will be conducted in English, we will explore the origins, main currents, contemporary debates, and critiques of liberalism. |
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- Kahan, Alan S. (2023): Freedom from Fear. An Incomplete History of Liberalism. Princeton University Press.
- Freeden, Michael, and Marc Stears (2017): In: the same (eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies. Oxford University Press.
- Courtland, Shane D., Gerald Gaus, and David Schmidtz, "Liberalism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2022 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2022/entries/liberalism/.
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