![]() ![]() ![]() Rosenblatt shows, were originally moralists, and believed in the power of religion to reform society. Professor Helena Rosenblatt directed the Graduate Center’s PhD program of History at CUNY (City University of New York) for nine years, presents a most compelling timely work on the birth of the liberal creed from the ancient world to present-day, dispelling the myth of liberalism as a uniquely Anglo-American tradition centered on individual rights, through the French Revolution and its transformation in Germany. ![]() What does it mean to be a liberal, and how has the meaning of the word evolved over decades and even centuries? The Lost History of Liberalism written by Helena Rosenblatt provides the answers to this question, given the increasing present-day derision of the very term, and critique of Liberalism as a political ideal. “I have been reading and thinking about liberalism for so long it would be impossible to list and thank all the scholars whose work has informed and shaped mine.” (HELENA ROSENBLATT, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS) ![]()
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