The History and Future of Liberalism
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_314How to use a DOI?
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- liberalism; rights; liberties; critical theory; contemporary politics
- Abstract
Liberalism, originating from seventeenth century enlightenment philosophers, emphasizes the ideas of natural rights, liberties, law and contract. Many political and economical institutions and applications, like constitution and free market economy were derived from it. Liberal theorists also provided many insights into social morality that formed current modern ethics. However, it is facing many serious challenges in the past decades, marked by its inability to maintain equality and liberty and keep pace with social progression. Criticism also revealed the theory’s inner contradictions between subjectivist principle of self-interest and reason. Liberalism as one of the most prominent ideology, if no reforms were to be undertook, would portray more inabilities, create widespread political disorder and leave room for populism and fascism. This essay attempts to look into the basic concepts and institutions of liberalism, the criticism and the future of it.
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TY - CONF AU - Jiashu Chen PY - 2022 DA - 2022/12/30 TI - The History and Future of Liberalism BT - Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 2755 EP - 2763 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_314 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_314 ID - Chen2022 ER -