Talk:Norberto Bobbio

Radical liberal?
I keep seeing this phrase in various wikipedia articles. What on earth does it mean? It's a contradiction in terms. Shouldn't it just be "radical" or "leftist" or "progressive activist"? How does liberalism come into the picture?

Adam Holland 00:44, 6 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I fail to see this as a contradiction in terms. It all depends on how one interprets the term "liberalism", and to be a "radical liberal" is, in my view, perfectly possible. That said, I don't know if Bobbio can be thought of as being radically liberal, but that's another question. It's better to leave things as is, than to label Bobbio as a "radical" (whatever that means) or "leftist". Besides, "radical", "leftist" and "progressive activist" are hardly synonymous. 201.37.185.130 01:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)


 * There is classical liberalism, which is what modern day Republicans are generally. They believe in limited gov't, separation of church and state (at least they used to), and many of those other principles that caused the U.S. to break with England. Radical liberalism corresponds generally to Democrats who also believe in those principles, but also believe that the governmemt has an obligation to its citizens to intervene in the economy in their interest. Another big difference in these two cultures is that while New Deal type of reforms help adults and children, usually classical liberals only support such proposals if they only help children.

Greg Bard 02:25, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Liberalism is both a social and political philosophy and an economic ideology. The social philosophy of liberalism might advocate human rights and limited social justice to enhance social integration, under the banner of "progressivism," while the economic ideology of laissez-faire capitalism solely concerns the qualities of the market and the degree of regulation necessary, and isn't strictly applied to cultural issues such as religion and citizenship.

I have a problem with the term "liberal socialist" used in the introduction. This is confusing because it doesn't specify what kind of liberalism the article is talking about. It sounds like Bobbio is more of a social democrat, which may be a better label for those unaware of the Italian meaning of "liberal socialism." Social democracts generally advocate reform of capitalism for the working classes, but usually will not go as far as to suggest revolution is viable. --undergroundman 07:45, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

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A simpler distinction of left and righ
Dear all,

in my edition of Bobbio's work, there is a simpler distinction between left and right than the one that is presented in the article. It is based in the duality property versus society. A right wing person will favor property in relation to society, while a left wing person will favor society over property.

Of course the distinction in the article is not by any means wrong. However, Bobbio was a gifted teacher, and it is a better idea to present his thought in a very clear way, since that's what he would prefer to do.

All the best, --Hgfernan (talk) 00:38, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

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Education and article quality
University of Turin not Marburg is his Alma Mater ! (he did a summer course in Marburg at a very interesting time) I corrected the info box Also it would be important to write something about this period. More generally, the article could be of much better quality Cf http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/content/BPL_Images/Content_store/Sample_chapter/0745622151/Bobbio_C01.pdf and https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/S1059-4337(2011)0000055010/full/html?skipTracking=true TGcoa (talk) 00:01, 9 January 2021 (UTC)