Hobhouse Liberalism and Other Writings [Paperback]

A 1994 edition of the classic work of one of the most important modern British liberal theorists.L.T. Hobhouse was the most sophisticated intellectual exponent of liberal social reform in the early years of the twentieth century. This edition of his classic Liberalism includes a number of other contemporary writings of interest to a broad range of students and scholars.L.T. Hobhouse was the most sophisticated intellectual exponent of liberal social reform in the early years of the twentieth century. This edition of his classic Liberalism includes a number of other contemporary writings of interest to a broad range of students and scholars.L.T. Hobhouse was the most sophisticated intellectual exponent of liberal social reform in the early years of the twentieth century. This edition of his classic Liberalism, which includes a number of his other contemporaneous writings, will be of interest to a broad range of students and scholars in politics and the history of political thought.Part I. Liberalism: 1. Before liberalism; 2. The elements of liberalism; 3. The movement of theory; 4. 'Laissez-faire'; 5. Gladstone and Mill; 6. The heart of liberalism; 7. The state and the individual; 8. Economic liberalism; 9. The future of liberalism; Part II. Other Writings: 10. Government by the people; 11. The growth of the state; 12. The individual and the state; 13. Irish nationalism and liberal principle; 14. The historical evolution of property, in fact and in idea.