Liberalism in Modern Times /

Liberalism in Modern Times / / ed. by Cesar Cansino, Ernest Gellner.

This fascinating study pays tribute to the life and work of the Brazilian essayist, thinker and diplomat José G. Merquior, who died prematurely in 1991. Part I concentrates on Merquiorian thought itself and examines Merquior's own incisive review of the rebirth of the liberal idea. Part II rang...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
MitwirkendeR:
Alarcon, Victor,
Bobbio, Norberto,
Boudon, Raymond,
Campos, Roberto,
Cansino, Cesar,
Gellner, Ernest,
Hall, John A.,
Ionescu, Ghita,
Jaguaribe, Helio,
Johnson, Gregory R,
Lafer, Celso,
Maiz, Ramon,
Merquior, Jose G.,
HerausgeberIn:
Cansino, Cesar,
Gellner, Ernest,
Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [1996]
©1996
Year of Publication:1996
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • POST SCRIPTUM TRISTE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I On Merquiorian Thought
  • 1 A Panoramic View on the Renaissance of Liberalisms
  • 2. Merquior and Liberalism
  • 3. Modernity and Postmodernity in the Thought of Jose Merquior
  • 4. Merquior the Liberalist
  • 5. Variations on a Theme by J. G. Merquior
  • Part II On Merquiorian Themes
  • 6. Liberalism and Trust
  • 7. Adam Ferguson and the Surprising Robustness of Civil Society
  • 8. Politics and Morality
  • 9. On Deliberation: Rethinking Democracy as Politics Itself
  • 10. On 'Postmodern' Scepticism
  • 11. The Futures of Latin America: Conservative or Liberal-Democratic?
  • PART III On Merquior's Life and Work
  • 12. Jose G. Merquior, 1941-1991
  • 13. Annotated Bibliography of Jose G. Merquior
  • Index

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