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“John Charvet’s Liberalism is lively, opinionated, full of examples, and always admirably clear. The route from practices to values to theory takes the reader from actual liberal societies to its inner architecture. Anyone wanting to know what liberalism stands for and why, need look no further than this book.” – Jonathan Seglow, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. “This is a lively and original introduction to liberalism. Charvet articulates a distinctive understanding of liberalism as set of practices embedded in mod- ern social life and provides an engaging exploration of the role played by liberal ideas in contemporary political controversies.” – Cillian McBride, Queen’s University Belfast, UK. LIBERALISM Liberalism: The Basics is an engaging and accessible introduction to liberalism. The author provides a comprehensive overview of liberal practices, liberal values and critically analyses liberal theories, allowing for a richer understanding of liberalism as a whole. The book is divided into three parts: • Liberal practices: the rule of law, free speech, freedom of asso- ciation and movement, economic freedom and sexual freedom. • Liberal values: freedom, autonomy, equality and the universal values of political societies – the communal identity – and well- being of their members. • Liberal theories: natural rights, utilitarianism, Kant’s ration- alism and the contemporary theories of John Rawls and the post-Rawlsians. Presented in a clear and concise way, this book will be an ideal intro- duction for students and scholars of liberalism, political philosophy, political theory and political ideology. John Charvet is an Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics, UK. He has also been a Visiting Professor at Johns Hopkins University, USA, and a Visiting Fellow of the Australian National University, Australia. THE BASICS For a full list of titles in this series, please visit www.routledge.com/ The-Basics/book-series/B LANGUAGE (SECOND EDITION) R.L. TRASK MEN AND MASCULINITIY NIGEL EDLEY MEDIEVAL LITERATURE ANGELA JANE WEISL AND ANTHONY JOSEPH CUNDER MODERNISM LAURA WINKIEL NARRATIVE BRONWEN THOMAS POETRY (THIRD EDITION) JEFFREY WAINWRIGHT THE QUR’AN (SECOND EDITION) MASSIMO CAMPANINI RESEARCH METHODS NIGEL EDLEY SEMIOTICS DANIEL CHANDLER SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITY (THIRD EDITION) JANICE WEARMOUTH SPORT MANAGEMENT ROBERT WILSON AND MARK PIEKARZ SPORTS COACHING LAURA PURDY TRANSLATION JULIANE HOUSE LIBERALISM THE BASICS JOHN CHARVET First published 2019 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business 2019 John Charvet The right of John Charvet to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Charvet, John, author. Title: Liberalism : the basics / John Charvet. Description: New York : Routledge, 2019. | Series: The Basics | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018036867| ISBN 9780815362913 (hardback) | ISBN 9780815362920 (paperback) | ISBN 9781351111034 (master ebook) | ISBN 9781351111027 (web pdf) | ISBN 9781351111010 (ePub) | ISBN 9781351111003 (mobipocket/kindle) Subjects: LCSH: Liberalism. Classification: LCC JC574 .C488 2019 | DDC 320.51—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018036867 ISBN: 978-0-8153-6291-3 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-8153-6292-0 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-351-11103-4 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Swales & Willis Ltd, Exeter, Devon, UK This little book is dedicated to all those who have contributed to bringing about and defending, through their words and deeds, a liberal and democratic way of life, as a precious thing not to be lightly discarded or thoughtlessly despised. CONTENTS Acknowledgements xi General introduction xiii PART I Liberal practices 1 1 The idea of a practice and the initial distinction between liberal and illiberal societies 3 2 The rule of law 7 3 Free speech 17 4 Freedom of association and movement 33 5 Economic freedom 41 6 Sexual freedom 55 PART II Liberal values 61 7 The idea and value of freedom 65 8 The equality of the participants 79
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