Liberalism as Ideology Essays in Honour of Michael Freeden [Hardcover]

Liberalism is the dominant ideology of our time, yet its character remains the subject of intense scholarly and political controversy. Debates about the liberal political tradition--about its history, its central philosophical commitments, its implications for political practice--lie at the very heart of the discipline of political theory. Many outstanding political theorists have contributed to the growing sophistication of these debates in recent years, but the original voice of Michael Freeden deserves particular attention. In the course of a body of work that spans over thirty years, Freeden's iconoclastic contributions have posed important challenges to the dominant understandings of liberal ideology, history, and theory. Such work has sought to redefine the very essence of what it is to be a liberal.Liberalism as Ideologybrings together an international group of historians, philosophers, and political scientists to evaluate the impact of Freeden's work and to reassess its central claims.

Preface: Return of the Native,David Marquand
Introduction,Ben Jackson and Marc Stears
Part I: Liberal Languages
1. A Cautious Embrace: Reflections on (Left) Liberalism and Utopia,David Leopold
2. Socialism and the New Liberalism,Ben Jackson
3. Liberalisms in India: An Exploratory Sketch,Rochana Bajpai
4. Liberalism and American Stories of Peoplehood,Marc Stears
5. The Liberal Dilemma: The Economic and the Social, and the Need for a European Contextualization of a Concept with Universal Pretensions,Bo Strath
6. The Problem of Political Parties in Western Liberalism, 1868-1968,Paolo Pombeni
Part II: Ideologies and Political Theory
7. Liberalism and Analytical Political Philosophy,David Weinstein
8. Political Ideology and Political Theory: Reflections on an Awkward Partnership,Andrew Vincent
9. Ideology, PolÃU