[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-detail-43317-en":3,"doc-seo-43317-105":30,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":90},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",{"doc_id":7,"user_id":8,"nickname":9,"user_avatar":10,"doc_module":4,"category_id":11,"category_name":12,"doc_title":13,"doc_description":14,"doc_content":15,"file_id":16,"file_url":17,"file_type":18,"file_size":19,"view_count":20,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":21,"is_downloadable":21,"audit_status":21,"page_count":22,"language":23,"language_code":24,"site_id":25,"html_lang":24,"table_of_contents":26,"faqs":27,"seo_title":13,"seo_description":14,"update_tm":28,"read_time":29},43317,687197207057,"Sage","https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_29158cc5080c5b710cf443261637dec0",2,"Literature","The Lost History of Liberalism","A scholarly historical study tracing liberalism from ancient Rome to the twenty-first century through political, religious, educational, and social debates. Helena Rosenblatt reconstructs shifting meanings of “liberality,” examines moments of liberalization and backlash, and connects key thinkers and movements to changes in democracy, secularization, and state responsibilities. The book culminates with liberalism’s Americanization, the rise of rights-based politics, and its confrontation with totalitarian threats.","The L osT hisTory of Libera Lism  \nThe Lost History of Liberalism  \nfrom ancienT rome To The TwenTy-fir sT cenTUry  \nHelena Rosenblatt  \nPr inceT on Un iv er siTy Pr e ss Pr inceTon & ox for d  \nCopyright © 2018 by Princeton University Press  \nPublished by Princeton University Press  \n41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540  \n6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TR [press.princeton.edu](press.princeton.edu)  \nAll Rights Reserved  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2018937066 ISBN 978-0-691-17070-1  \nBritish Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available  \nEditorial: Brigitta van Rheinberg andAmanda Peery  \nProduction Editorial: Jenny Wolkowicki  \nJacket image: Engraving of the icon of Liberalism, from Iconologia, or Moral Emblems, 1709  \nProduction: Jacqueline Poirier  \nPublicity: James Schneider  \nCopyeditor: Joseph Dahm  \nThis book has been composed in Miller Printed on acid-free paper. ∞  \nPrinted in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nTo Marvin  \nconTenTs  \nAcknowledgments · xi  \nIntroduction 1  \nchaPTer 1 What It Meant to Be Liberal from  \nCicero to Lafayette 8  \nRepublican Beginnings: AMoral and Civic Ideal 9  \nMedieval Rearticulations: Liberality  \nChristianized 11  \nRenaissance Liberal Arts 12  \nThe Politics of Giving 15  \nProtestant Developments 16  \nAmerican Exceptionalism and the  \nLiberal Tradition 18  \nThomas Hobbes and John Locke on  \nLiberality 19  \nEnlightenment Liberality 23  \nEnlightenment Transformations 26  \nLiberal Theology and Liberal Christianity 30  \nLiberality Politicized 31  \n[ viii ] conTenTs  \nFrom Liberal Charters to Liberal  \nConstitutions 33  \nAmerica, the Most Liberal Country in the World 36  \nchaPTer 2 The French Revolution and the Origins of Liberalism, 1789–1830 41  \nThe Liberal Principles of Benjamin Constant and Madame deStaël 49  \nEnter Napoleon 55  \nLiberal Parties and the Birth  \nof Liberalism 61  \nLiberalism Theorized 65  \nLiberalism Confronts Reaction 67  \nLiberal Insurrectionism 72  \nLiberal Economic Principles 80  \nLiberal Exclusions 83  \nchaPTer 3 Liberalism, Democracy, and the Emergence of the Social Question, 1830–48 88  \nThe Liberal Government  \nTurns Conservative 89  \nLiberals on Democracy 92  \nLiberals and Insurrection, Again 96  \nLiberals Face the “Social Question” 100  \nLaissez-Faire and Liberalism 105  \nThe Many Necessary Functions  \nof Government 108  \nconTenTs [ ix ]  \nLiberals on Colonies 115  \nThe Liberal Battle with Religion 118  \nThe Socialist Critique of Liberal Religion 126  \nchaPTer 4 The Question of Character 129  \nThe Debacle of 1848 130  \nLiberals Battle Socialism 132  \nRetreat and Reaction 136  \nPius IX 139  \nThe Problem of Selfishness 141  \nThe Rise of the British Liberal Party 143  \nLaissez-Faire versus Bildung 145  \nThe Role of the Family 148  \nThe Religion of Humanity 151  \nchaPTer 5 Caesarism and Liberal Democracy: Napoleon III, Lincoln, Gladstone, and Bismarck 156  \nNapoleon III and Caesarism 157  \nAbraham Lincoln and His Liberal  \nFriends throughout the World 168  \nThe Liberal Republican Party 175  \nGladstone, Liberal Icon 177  \nBismarck, Liberalism’s Gravedigger 182  \nchaPTer 6 The Battle to Secularize Education 194  \nWhat’s Wrong with the French? 195  \nA Liberal Public School System 199  \n[ x ] conTenTs  \nThe National Liberal League,  \nFree Thought, and Free Love 207  \nThe Pope Strikes Back 213  \nchaPTer 7 Two Liberalisms: Old and New 220  \nThe Role of the State Reimagined 221  \nLiberal Socialism 230  \nAMoral Way of Life 233  \nLiberal Eugenics 235  \nFeminism and Liberalism at the End of the Nineteenth Century 238  \nchaPTer 8 Liberalism Becomes the American Creed 245  \nALiberal Empire 247  \nRacialization of the Anglo-Saxon Myth 253  \nFrom an Anglo-Saxon to an  \nAnglo-American Liberal Empire 255  \nThe Question of Government Intervention 260  \nEpilogue 265  \nLiberalism and the Totalitarian Threat 268  \nThe Turn to Rights 271  \nThe (Supposed) Illiberalism of France and Germany 274  \nNotes · 279  \nSelected Bibliography ","cbCaicyT5o5DJ8Ov","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicyT5o5DJ8Ov","pdf",2935153,4,1,364,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n# Chapter 1 What It Meant to Be Liberal from Cicero to Lafayette\n# Chapter 2 The French Revolution and the Origins of Liberalism, 1789–1830\n# Chapter 3 Liberalism, Democracy, and the Emergence of the Social Question, 1830–48\n# Chapter 4 The Question of Character\n# Chapter 5 Caesarism and Liberal Democracy: Napoleon III, Lincoln, Gladstone, and Bismarck\n# Chapter 6 The Battle to Secularize Education\n# Chapter 7 Two Liberalisms: Old and New\n# Chapter 8 Liberalism Becomes the American Creed\n# Epilogue","[{\"question\":\"What historical range does the book cover?\",\"answer\":\"It traces liberalism from ancient Rome through the twentieth-first century, following changing doctrines and institutions across major European and American turning points.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book explain early liberal ideas?\",\"answer\":\"Chapter 1 focuses on evolving meanings of being “liberal,” linking republican beginnings and later transformations through theological and political reinterpretations.\"},{\"question\":\"What major themes connect later chapters?\",\"answer\":\"Across chapters, the text links liberalism to democracy and the “social question,” debates over education and secularization, evolving views of the state, and the rise of rights politics in the American context.\"}]",1783379947,561,{"code":4,"msg":31,"data":32},"ok",{"site_id":25,"language":24,"slug":33,"title":13,"keywords":34,"description":14,"schema_data":35,"social_meta":85,"head_meta":87,"extra_data":89,"updated_unix":28},"the-lost-history-of-liberalism","",{"@graph":36,"@context":84},[37,52,67],{"@type":38,"itemListElement":39},"BreadcrumbList",[40,44,47,50],{"item":41,"name":42,"@type":43,"position":21},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":45,"name":46,"@type":43,"position":11},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",{"item":48,"name":12,"@type":43,"position":49},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/literature/",3,{"item":51,"name":13,"@type":43,"position":20},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-lost-history-of-liberalism/43317/",{"url":51,"name":13,"@type":53,"author":54,"headline":13,"publisher":56,"fileFormat":59,"inLanguage":24,"description":14,"dateModified":60,"datePublished":61,"encodingFormat":59,"isAccessibleForFree":62,"interactionStatistic":63},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":55},"Person",{"url":41,"name":57,"@type":58},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-07-11","2026-07-06",true,{"@type":64,"interactionType":65,"userInteractionCount":20},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":66},"ViewAction",{"@type":68,"mainEntity":69},"FAQPage",[70,76,80],{"name":71,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":73},"What historical range does the book cover?","Question",{"text":74,"@type":75},"It traces liberalism from ancient Rome through the twentieth-first century, following changing doctrines and institutions across major European and American turning points.","Answer",{"name":77,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":78},"How does the book explain early liberal ideas?",{"text":79,"@type":75},"Chapter 1 focuses on evolving meanings of being “liberal,” linking republican beginnings and later transformations through theological and political reinterpretations.",{"name":81,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":82},"What major themes connect later chapters?",{"text":83,"@type":75},"Across chapters, the text links liberalism to democracy and the “social question,” debates over education and secularization, evolving views of the state, and the rise of rights politics in the American context.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":51,"og:type":86,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":57,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":88,"canonical":51},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":25},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":91},[92,96,99,103,108,113,118,123,128,131,135],{"id":21,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":93,"show_sort_weight":94,"slug":95},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":97,"slug":98},80,"literature",{"id":20,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":100,"show_sort_weight":101,"slug":102},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":104,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":105,"show_sort_weight":106,"slug":107},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":109,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":110,"show_sort_weight":111,"slug":112},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":114,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":115,"show_sort_weight":116,"slug":117},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":119,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":120,"show_sort_weight":121,"slug":122},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":124,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":125,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":127},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":126,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":130},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":132,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":133,"show_sort_weight":132,"slug":134},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":136,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":137,"show_sort_weight":104,"slug":138},19,"General","general"]