Aristocratic Liberalism: The Social and Political Thought of Jacob Burckhardt, John Stuart Mill, and Alexis De Tocqueville

by Alan S. Kahan and Alan Kahan

Book Overview

"Liberalism" is widely used to describe a variety of social and political ideas, but has been an especially difficult concept for historians and political scientists to define. Burckhardt, Mill, and Tocqueville define one type of liberal thought. They share an aristocratic liberalism marked by distaste for the masses and the middle class, opposition to the commercial spirit, fear and contempt of mediocrity, and suspicion of the centralized state...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765807114
• ISBN13: 9780765807113
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"