"Liberal Languages" reinterprets twentieth-century liberalism as
a complex set of discourses relating not only to liberty but also
to welfare and community. Written by one of the world's leading
experts on liberalism and ideological theory, it uses new methods
of analyzing ideologies, as well as historical case studies, to
present liberalism as a flexible and rich tradition whose influence
has extended beyond its conventional boundaries.
Michael Freeden argues that liberalism's collectivist and
holistic aspirations, and its sense of change, its self-defined
mission as an agent of developing civilization--and not only its
deep appreciation of liberty--are central to understanding its
arguments. He examines the profound political impact liberalism has
made on welfare theory, on conceptions of poverty, on standards of
legitimacy, and on democratic practices in the twentieth century.
Through a combination of essays, historical case studies, and more
theoretical chapters, Freeden investigates the transformations of
liberal thought as well as the ideological boundaries they have
traversed.
He employs the complex theory of ideological analysis that he
developed in previous works to explore in considerable detail the
experimental interfaces created between liberalism and neighboring
ideologies on the left and the right. The nature of liberal thought
allows us to gain a better perspective on the ways ideologies
present themselves, Freeden argues, not necessarily as dogmatic and
alienated structures, but as that which emanates from the
continuous creativity that open societies display.
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