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020			_a0691170703 _q(cloth : acid-free paper)
020			_z9780691184135 _q(electronic book)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda
082			_223 _a320.5109 _bR813
100	1		_aRosenblatt, Helena, _d1961- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe lost history of liberalism : _bfrom ancient Rome to the twenty-first century / _cHelena Rosenblatt.
264		1	_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2018]
264		4	_c© 2018.
300			_axii, 348 pages ; _c23 cm
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337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe changing face of the liberal creed from the ancient world to todayThe Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a political creed that has become a rallying cry-and a term of derision-in today's increasingly divided public square. Taking readers from ancient Rome to today, Helena Rosenblatt traces the evolution of the words "liberal" and "liberalism," revealing the heated debates that have taken place over their meaning.In this timely and provocative book, Rosenblatt debunks the popular myth of liberalism as a uniquely Anglo-American tradition centered on individual rights. She shows that it was the French Revolution that gave birth to liberalism and Germans who transformed it. Only in the mid-twentieth century did the concept become widely known in the United States-and then, as now, its meaning was hotly debated. Liberals were originally moralists at heart. They believed in the power of religion to reform society, emphasized the sanctity of the family, and never spoke of rights without speaking of duties. It was only during the Cold War and America's growing world hegemony that liberalism was refashioned into an American ideology focused so strongly on individual freedoms.Today, we still can't seem to agree on liberalism's meaning. In the United States, a "liberal" is someone who advocates big government, while in France, big government is contrary to "liberalism." Political debates become befuddled because of semantic and conceptual confusion. The Lost History of Liberalism sets the record straight on a core tenet of today's political conversation and lays the foundations for a more constructive discussion about the future of liberal democracy.
650		0	_aLiberalism _xHistory.
710	2		_aPrinceton University Press.
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