HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - John Stuart Mill, Corn Laws, Invisible Hand
Document Summary
Rev. , specifically, during the congress of vienna, to stamp out revolution & upheaval. Two ideologies of victors at the congress of vienna (want to attempt restoration of the old regime): liberalism 2) nationalism. Victors felt v. threatened by liberalism (threatening to old regime, aristocratic order) Liberalism is a product of the transformations, stages & phases of the fr. & the class priorities of the ir (& the new middle class) 21st century liberalism is diff. from that of the 19th century (grew out of it, but diff. ) Classical liberalism refers to the 19th century, contemporary liberalism refers to current political culture. Diff. between classical & contemporary: scope of idea of liberty, what aspects of life does the idea of liberty include, classical liberals thought of liberty in the political & economic spheres. Economic liberalism total freedom from state/gov"t/outside intervention in economic matters (liberty means you have freedom to act w/o constraint); economic liberty was vital to political liberty.
