Re-inventing Western Civilisation: Transnational Reconstructions of Liberalism in Europe in the Twentieth Century

269 Pages·2014·1.928 MB·English

by  Hagen Schulz-Forberg, Niklas Olsen

Re-Inventing Western Civilisation

Re-Inventing Western Civilisation:
Transnational Reconstructions of Liberalism
in Europe in the Twentieth Century
Edited by
Hagen Schulz-Forberg and Niklas Olsen
Re-Inventing Western Civilisation:
Transnational Reconstructions of Liberalism in Europe in the Twentieth Century,
Edited by Hagen Schulz-Forberg and Niklas Olsen
This book first published 2014
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Copyright © 2014 by Hagen Schulz-Forberg, Niklas Olsen and contributors
The Chapter by Ben Jackson previously appeared in Making Thatcher’s Britain,
(2012), © Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781107012387,
“The think-tank archipelago: Thatcherism and neo-liberalism”, pp. 43-61.
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ISBN (10): 1-4438-6049-2, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-6049-9
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Illustrations .................................................................................... vii
List of Tables .............................................................................................. ix
Acknowledgements .................................................................................... xi
Preface ...................................................................................................... xiii
The Place of Liberal Thought and Practice in Post-War European Politics
Jan-Werner Müller
Introduction................................................................................................. 1
Actors and Networks in Transnational and National Spaces:
Towards a New History of Liberalism in Europe
Hagen Schulz-Forberg and Niklas Olsen
Part I
Chapter One ............................................................................................... 13
Laying the Groundwork: The Semantics of Neoliberalism in the 1930s
Hagen Schulz-Forberg
Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 41
In the Shadows of Hayek and Friedman: Quantitative Analysis
as an Exploratory Instrument in Socio-Historic Network Research
Dieter Plehwe with Katja Walther
Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 69
The Moral Order of Classical Liberalism
Antonio Masala
Part II
Chapter Four .............................................................................................. 95
Wilhelm Röpke as a Key Actor of Transnational Neoliberalism
after 1945
Jean Solchany
vi Table of Contents
Chapter Five ............................................................................................ 117
Luigi Einaudi and Italian Liberalism, 1940-1960
Fabio Masini
Chapter Six .............................................................................................. 137
A Second-Hand Dealer in Ideas: Christian Gandil and Scandinavian
Configurations of European Neoliberalism, 1945-1970
Niklas Olsen
Chapter Seven .......................................................................................... 169
From Contesting Democracy to Liberal Commitments: On Hungarian
Christian Politics after 1945
Ferenc Laczó
Chapter Eight ........................................................................................... 189
The Think-Tank Archipelago: Thatcherism and Neoliberalism
Ben Jackson
Bibliography ............................................................................................ 213
Contributors ............................................................................................. 237
Index ........................................................................................................ 239
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The front cover shows the multiple reflections of the Palais Royal in Paris,
where neoliberalism was coined in 1938 and evolved in multiple variations
until today.
Illustration 2-1: Individuals present at 13 MPS conferences or more ........ 50
Illustration 2-2: Individuals present at ten conferences, 1947-62 .............. 53
Illustration 2-3: Individuals present attending 10 conferences or more ..... 59

LIST OF TABLES

Table 2-1: Key functionaries of the Mont Pelerin Society ........................ 46
Table 2-2: Persons who were often or very often present but seldom
took on functions ................................................................................. 55
Table 2-3: Persons who were often present and often displayed
heightened activity ............................................................................... 56
Table 2-4: Sponsors of guests at three MPS conferences .......................... 57
Table 2-5: Individuals very often present who relatively seldom
took on functions, 1964-86 .................................................................. 60
Table 2-6: Individuals often present and often displaying heightened
activity, 1964-86 .................................................................................. 61
Table 2-7: Sponsors of guests at three MPS conferences .......................... 63
Table 2-8: MPS members who frequently participated in and spoke
at conferences, but did not occupy elected functions
in the organization ............................................................................... 64