Literature of Liberty, July/September 1978, vol. 1, No. 3

Literature of Liberty: A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought was published first by the Cato Institute (1978-1979) and later by the Institute for Humane Studies (1980-1982) under the editorial direction of Leonard P. Liggio. It consisted of a lengthy bibliographical essays, editorials, and many shorter reviews of books and journal articles. There were 5 volumes and 20 issues. This issue contains a lengthy bibliographical essay by Eric Foner on “Radical Individualism in America: Revolution to Civil War.”
Literature of Liberty: A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought was published first by the Cato Institute (1978-1979) and later by the Institute for Humane Studies (1980-1982) under the editorial direction of Leonard P. Liggio.
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Table of Contents
- Now Available:
- The Principles of Ethics
- The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State, and Other Essays
- John Randolph of Roanoke
- Literature of Liberty A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought
- Associate Editors
- Editorial
- Bibliographical Essay
- Radical Individualism in America: Revolution to Civil War
- Radical Traditions: Jacobin vs. Jeffersonian
- English Roots: Commonwealthmen
- Republican Solidarity and Republican Individualism
- Paine: Dissent Tradition and Radical Individualism
- Jeffersonian Republicanism and Land Ownership
- Hamilton's State Capitalism vs. Jefferson's Market Capitalism
- Communitarian Experiments
- Workingmen's Movement: Equal Rights vs. Special Privileges
- “A perfect free trade in all things:” the Locofoco and William Leggett
- Reform and Perfectionism
- Abolitionism
- William Lloyd Garrison
- George Washington Julian
- Civil War: Twilight of Radical Individualism
- FOOTNOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- I: Methodology
- Scientific Paradigms and History
- Kuhn's Paradigm
- Paradigm Choice, Art, and Reason
- Do Concepts Mold Percepts?
- Paradigms vs. Research Programmes
- Kuhn and Historical Truth
- Paradigms and Determinism
- A Historian Between Paradigms
- Survival of the Fittest Paradigms?
- Fumbling Toward Truth
- Necessary Truths and Reality
- Economic Laws
- “Pure” vs. “Grubby” Knowledge
- Paradigms and Social Change
- II: Consensus, Obedience, and Dissent
- State and Society
- Consensus and Authority
- Civil Disobedience
- Dissent and Virtue
- Underdevelopment vs. Consensus
- Democracy vs. Elitism
- Majority Tyranny
- Majority Frustration
- Consensus vs. Politics
- Consensus and Rights
- Consensus vs. Majority Rule
- III: Consent and Coercion
- The Right Against Coercion
- Private Property and Coercion
- Consent, Coercion, and Property
- Threats vs. Offers
- A Clockwork Orange, Freedom, and Coercion
- Weak Will vs. Compulsion
- Freedom and Using Others
- Equality and Social Coercion
- Human Action vs. Behavior
- IV: Regulation
- The Regulating Class
- Regulation and Revolution
- Land Expropriation
- State Planning
- Hoover as Regulator
- State Science Research
- The Costs of Research
- Anti-Trust
- SEC Regulation
- Sunset Laws
- V: Social Control
- Power and Servility
- State vs. Education
- Public vs. Private Education
- Public Schools vs. Privacy
- Truant Officers as Scapegoats
- Were Professionals Technocrats?
- The Courts and Social Control
- The Army and Social Control
- Land Use and Control
- VI: The Liberal Tradition
- The History of Liberalism
- Freedom and Progress
- Reason and Progress
- Individualism, Property, and Revolt
- Liberal Class Analysis
- Nature and Liberty
- Free Trade and Development
- Liberalism in Transition
- “Positive” Liberalism
- Utilitarian Illiberalism
- Spencer and Laissez-Faire
- Mill: Liberal or Socialist?
- Index
- Authors
- Research Fields
- Economics
- Education
- History
- Law
- Philosophy
- Philosophy of Science
- Political Philosophy
- Political Science
- Sociology
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