Social liberalism

the Mind: Psychoanalysis in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna According to Carl E. Schorske, the liberal values of reason and law did not stem the re-emergence of racial prejudice and national hatred in turn-of-the-century Vienna.” The growing prominence of new social groups based along religious, ideological, and ethnic divisions eroded classical liberal values and challenged its political authority. This evolved into a psychological defeat for its adherents. Birthed in this deteriorating environment of…

began to form a separate identity from England during the American Revolution and the early years of the nationhood, they began to rely on a universally appealing ideology of liberty. This unified them ideologically but also highlighted the political, social, and economic divisions of the early republic. Geography underscored those tensions by creating literal and figurative divisions among the newly formed American people. The ideology of independence and the continental geography shaped the…

demonstrations in Italy. It attracted massive publicity too, with membership increasing from 50,000 to 200,000 in the years 1913 and 1914. However, Giolitti’s government were not extreme failures after all. They gave concessions to trade unions. He promised social reform, therefore gaining limited support from the Papacy, which was support none the less. Giolitti’s government promoted economic and financial development with the greatest growth and development occurring in northern Italy,…

Immanuel Kant was arguably the greatest classical liberalist theorist, influencing the majority of works in the period of Enlightenment, most notably of those on epistemology, with a lasting effect on philosophies that came after his own. Kant’s idea for perpetual peace came in the form of an essay, titled ‘The Perpetual Peace’, detailing a prophetic discourse of eternal, universal peace that was investable and conceivable, before his time and subsequently after (Friedrich 1947, p.10). Kant’s…

presidencies, such as Reagan to Bush Jr., and congress voting behavior. He makes sure to point out that while Democrats, too, are shifting more to the left, it is nowhere near as rapid or strong of a shift as the Republicans. “The increase in the liberalism of House Democrats of roughly 28 percent still pales in comparison to the 73 percent increase in conservatism of House Republicans,” (p.…

Liberals are from Mars and conservative from Venus. The main theme of Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences is to present the reader with how neither is better than the other, but different. The book focuses on the analysis on how biology determines our political views and inclinations. John R. Hibbings, Kevin B. Smith and Jon R. Alford are the authors of Predisposed. As biopoliticians, they provide evidence of people’s view and how it differs based on…

fed, better clothed, better housed, and better transported; class and social distinctions have narrowed; minority groups have become less disadvantaged. . . . All this has been the product of the initiative and drive of individuals co-operating through the free market” (Document 2). Friedman feels that what actually improved society was the free-market, not government reforms, and this belief that the government cannot enact social reform and change and only the free-market and private sector…

revolutionaries, in a sense making the situation of women the same or worse than before the Revolution” (Lecture 10/19). Hence, through Hut’s using gender and social histories as fonts to analyze history, she re-analyzes the ideals of the Revolution in that they are paradoxical: these revolutionaries pushed for liberty, egalitarianism, and liberalism; yet, their sexist and lofty ideals toward gender and sexuality overbear this yearning. Thus,…

parliament in England. Magna Carta got bigger over the centuries and represented the church, who were wealthy barons and noblemen, and commoners who were from the middle class. 11. John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau both advocated the political liberalism and religious tolerance of today, but their concepts of the human nature significantly differed. Locke eventually led to human freedom while Rousseau led to death. Rousseau was blamed for the bloody ending of the French Revolution, which…

From the year 1789 until 1799, the French Revolution, partially led by Napoleon Bonaparte, greatly influenced France politically and socially (Wikipedia). Throughout these years the citizens of France fought back against the monarchy, under the rule of Louis XIV, in order to create change (History.com). The years of the revolution created a sense of excitement and optimism in France, but at the same time it also created a lot of fear and uneasiness. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem France: An Ode…