Liberalism and Socialism since the Nineteenth Century

This book aims to re-evaluate the relations between two major ideologies that have been increasingly contested in recent years, yet continue to be invoked or rejected as foundational systems for political thought or action. With socialism conceiving of itself as an alternative to economic liberalism, the two systems of thought emerged partially in opposition to each other. However, this book seeks to redefine their specificities and the way in which they have not only opposed each other but drew on common notions or paradigms to become both competing and complementary systems of thought and practices. With contributions from eminent political scientists and historians of political and economic thought, the book examines how the polarisation of debates and politicisation of concepts such as property, freedom, the individual, or the State, serve to construct the adversary and form a basis for political commitment. Offering an interdisciplinary assessment of the relation between liberalism and socialism, the authors help to make sense of current debate on individual freedom, political obligation and the changing role of the State. Providing an innovative perspective, this edited collection will be of interest to scholars and students researching political and economic thought, history or science, as well as anyone seeking to understand current developments affecting Western societies, and their past, present, and future ideologies.

Analyzes the joint emergence of liberalism and socialism as modernist Enlightenment doctrines Explores the overlap between liberalism and socialism from an interdisciplinary perspective Provides case studies drawn from various different disciplines

Auteur

Stéphane Guy s research focuses on the history of ideas and political thought. He is the author of Genèse du travaillisme britannique (2019).

Ecem Okan studies the history of economics with an interest in political and moral philosophy during the Scottish Enlightenment.

Vanessa Boullet specialises in Irish Studies and in the interactions between economy, society, and politics in Ireland.

Jeremy Tranmer works on the far left and the relationship between popular music and politics since the 1960s.

The editors are members of the Interdisciplinarité dans les Etudes Anglophones (IDEA) research center at the University of Lorraine, France.

Contenu
Chapter 1 introduction .- Part I. Friends or foes? Liberalism and socialism between concepts and experience.- Chapter 2 - Liberalisms and Socialisms: Recalibrating Some Analytical Criteria, Michael Freeden.- Chapter 4 - Social Liberalism and Liberal Socialism: Tensions and Compatibility, Françoise Orazi.- Chapter 3 - Getting around the Antinomies of Socialism and Liberalism, Cornelius Crowley.- PART II. Reassessing the liberalism-socialism paradigm in economic thought.- Chapter 5 - Marx, socialism and liberty, Fabien Tarrit.- Chapter 6 - Decentralization, Centralization and Adaptation, Dean V. Williamson.- Chapter 7 - Marx's Socialism, Mises's Liberalism and Their Problematic Theories of Needs and Preferences, Sina Badiei .- Chapter 8 - A Utopian Consensus: Liberals, Socialists and the Growth Ideal at the end of the Cold War, Iason Zarikos.- PART III. Socialist and/or liberal identities: polity, politics and policy .- Chapter 9 - Individual, Free Association and Common Ownership: The British Co-operative Movement and political ideology, François Deblangy .- Chapter 10 - The Labour Party's International Thought from 1900 to 1939: Webs of Liberal and Socialist Traditions, Niaz Pernon.- Chapter 11 - Exploring the relationship between liberalism and socialism in Britain's NHS, Louise Dalingwater.- PART IV. From conceptual to discursive struggles: activism, partisanship and rhetorical strategies.- Chapter 12 - New Deal Liberalism and 'Creeping Socialism': the Republican Party and the Construction of Modern American Conservatism, c. 1933 c. 1960, Robert Mason.- Chapter 13 - The Conservatives' representation of socialism and liberalism during PMQs since the 1990s, Stéphane Revillet.- Chapter 14 - Prefigurative Activism Today: from Socialist Values via Anarchist Means to the Neoliberal Status Quo, Rafal Soborski.