Moderate and Radical Liberalism

Nathaniel Wolloch, Ph.D. (1998), is an independent scholar from Israel. He has published widely on the intellectual history of the long eighteenth century, including The Enlightenment’s Animals: Changing Conceptions of Animals in the Long Eighteenth Century (Amsterdam University Press, 2019).

• PrefaceIntroduction1 The Problem of Religion and the State in the Enlightenment1 Radical Beginnings2 Moderate and Radical Ideas about Religion3 Rousseau’s Religion4 Mendelssohn, Lessing, and the German Religious Enlightenment5 Kant on Religion and Progress2 Defining the Radical Enlightenment1 The French Radical Enlightenment2 Robespierre and Rousseau3 Radical Enlightenment in Italy4 Radical Enlightenment in Britain3 Dutch Republicanism and the Patriot Movement4 The Development of Edward Gibbon’s Conservatism1 Gibbon’s Early Radicalism2 Gibbon and the American Revolution3 Gibbon and the French Revolution5 Adam Smith between the Moderate and Radical Enlightenments1 Moral Philosophy and Democratic Leanings2 Smith and the American Revolution3 Smith and the French Revolution6 Political Economy and Liberalism7 Edmund Burke between Enlightenment and Conservatism1 Burke on Religion and Toleration2 Constitutional Monarchy, the Critique of Corruption, and Political Change3 The Nature of the Political Order4 Imperialism and Justice5 Abolition and Other Enlightenment Causes8 From Radical Enlightenment to Moderate Liberalism Destutt de Tracy and Benjamin Constant1 Destutt de Tracy and Idéologie2 Benjamin Constant between Radicalism and Moderation9 The Enlightenment and Liberalism in America1 Enlightenment in the Revolutionary Era2 William Leggett and Jacksonian Democracy10 The Enlightenment and Liberalism in Latin America11 Women and Revolution1 Women and Revolution in the Eighteenth Century2 Women and Revolution in the Nineteenth Century12 Fichte and Hegel between the Enlightenment and Conservatism1 Johann Gottlieb Fichte from Radicalism to Nationalism2 Hegel as an Enlightened Liberal13 Romanticism, Nationalism, and Liberalism1 The Problem of Nationalism and Liberalism2 Romanticism and Liberalism14 French Liberal Historians and the Legacy of the French Revolution1 François Guizot2 Augustin Thierry3 François Mignet4 Adolphe Thiers5 Jules Michelet6 Edgar Quinet7 Alphonse de Lamartine15 Alexis de Tocqueville on Culture, Colonialism, Revolution, and Democracy1 Progress and Stadial Theory2 China, the Barbarians, and the Roman Empire3 The North American Indians4 The Algerian Challenge5 Tocqueville on Religion, Revolution, Democracy, and Women16 Lord Macaulay Radicalism in Moderate Garb1 Macaulay on Abolition, Religion, and Women2 Progress, Ireland, and India3 Macaulay on Democracy and Revolution17 The Radical Liberalism of John Stuart Mill1 Mill on Utilitarianism and Enlightenment2 Religion and Free Will3 Abolition, the Rights of Women, and other Enlightened Causes4 Civilization and Colonialism5 The French Revolutions6 Democracy, Liberty, and Political Economy7 Representative Government and Individual LibertyConclusionBibliographyIndex

"The seventeen dense chapters […] analyze the main intellectual trends in the evolution of Enlightenment and liberal ideas from the mid-eighteenth to late-nineteenth century. […] The emphasis is on the continuities rather than discontinuities in the transition from Enlightenment to liberalism. Wolloch uses the distinction between political moderation and radicalism as a heuristic roadmap to navigate this complex transition. "----Aurelian Craiutu, in: History of European Ideas published online: 05 Feb 2024