Radicalism [electronic resource] : A Philosophical Study /
McLaughlin, P.author.
Confusion, controversy and even fear surrounds the political phenomenon of radicalism. This book attempts to make conceptual and historical sense of this phenomenon, both as a kind of practice and as a kind of thought, before defending it in a traditional if unfashionable form: a form that is historically progressive and politically humanistic.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The meaning of radicalism -- The history of radicalism -- Radicalism and progress -- Radicalism and humanism.
Confusion, controversy and even fear surrounds the political phenomenon of radicalism. This book attempts to make conceptual and historical sense of this phenomenon, both as a kind of practice and as a kind of thought, before defending it in a traditional if unfashionable form: a form that is historically progressive and politically humanistic.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Political science.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Political Science.