Liberalism in the philosophical sense is the broad family of political doctrines that center on equality and freedom: holding ...

Liberalism "is a revolutionary doctrine that aims at the constant transformation of all aspects of human social organization," he says. Its "aim," he says, is "unceasing instability." ...

Yet liberalism is surprisingly resilient. In subtle ways, as Mr Liu believes, it may even be drawing more adherents. This is not to say that active dissent is spreading.

The divergence of democracy from liberalism has become more obvious of late, and not only in the might-be democracies of the Middle East. In an ever-growing number of established democracies, such ...

But liberalism has more distinct connotations; and upon them hang all the issues of contemporary political controversy. One of these connotations arises out of the history of technical societies ...

There is plenty of talk of threats to 'Our Democracy,' but what is really in danger today is the classical liberal tradition of natural rights.

When Liberalism speaks of the triumph of Briand over Lloyd George it condemns itself. If wickedness has conquered in the person of Briand, it was largely because we were not there to help on the ...

Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election comes at a moment of turbulence for global democracy. It’s been a year marked by almost universal backlash against incumbent leaders by ...

And liberalism has always had a difficulty with the nationalism question because it has a theory of the state. It has a theory of the good life. It doesn’t have a clear theory of membership.