User:Wilfried Derksen/Liberal bibliography

This Liberal bibliography lists literature on liberalism as well as the liberal classics. Off course it is not a complete list. The list doesn't include literature on liberalism or liberal parties in specific countries.

Liberal classics
The authors are listed more or less chronological


 * Baruch Spinoza (Netherlands, 1632-1677) Ethics, systematic philosophy
 * Theologico-Political Treatise, 1670


 * John Locke (England, 1632-1704), Inherent rights, state under law
 * A Letter Concerning Toleration, 1689
 * The Second Treatise of Civil Government, 1689


 * Voltaire (France 1694-1778) History as Progress, rational government
 * Philosophical Dictionary


 * David Hume (United Kingdom, 1711-1776), Rational inquiry into society and econonomy
 * An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, 1751


 * Jean-Jacques Rousseau (France, 1712-1778) Social Contract, national self-determination, education
 * Du Contrat Social, 1762 (The Social Contract )


 * Denis Diderot (France, 1713-1784) and many others
 * Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1751-1772 {Encyclopaedia, or Reasoned Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades )


 * Adam Smith (United Kingdom, 1723-1790) Systematic political economy, captialism, technology as wealth
 * An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 1776
 * The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 1759


 * Charles de Montesquieu (France, 1689-1755) Philosophy of Law
 * De l'esprit des lois,1748 (Spirit of the Laws )


 * Immanuel Kant (Germany, 1724-1804)
 * Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, 1785 (Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals)
 * Kritik der praktischen Vernunft, 1788 (Critique of Practical Reason )
 * Zum ewigen Frieden, 1795
 * Metaphysik der Sitten, 1797 (Metaphysics of Morals )


 * Anders Chydenius (Finland, 1729-1803)
 * Den Nationnale Winsten, 1765 (The National Gain )


 * Thomas Paine (United Kingdom/United States, 1737-1809)
 * Rights of Man, 1791


 * The Federalists*
 * Federalist Papers / Alexander Hamilton, John Jay & James Madison, 1787


 * Marquis de Condorcet (France, 1743-1794)
 * Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrés de l'esprit humain, 1795 (Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind)


 * Jeremy Bentham (United Kingdom, 1748-1832)
 * Benjamin Constant (France, 1767-1830)
 * De l'esprit de conquête et l'usurpation (On the spirit of conquest and on usurpation), 1814


 * Wilhelm von Humboldt (Germany, 1767-1835)
 * Ideen zu einem Versuch, die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staats zu bestimmen, 1792 (On the Limits of State Action)


 * James Mill (United Kingdom, 1773-1836)
 * Elements of Political Economy, 1821


 * Alexis de Tocqueville (France, 1805-1859)
 * De La Démocratie en Amérique, 1831-1840 (Democracy in America, )
 * L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution, 1856


 * John Stuart Mill (United Kingdom, 1806-1873)
 * On Representative Government, 1862
 * On Liberty, 1868


 * Jakob Burkhardt (Swiss, 1818-1897) State as derived from cultural and economic life
 * The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy


 * John Dewey (United States, 1859-1952)
 * Liberalism and Social Action, 1935
 * Democracy and Education


 * Max Weber (Germany, 1864-1920)
 * Die protestantische Ethik und der 'Geist' des Kapitalismus,1904 (The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism )


 * Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse (United Kingdom, 1864-1929)
 * Liberalism, 1911


 * Benedetto Croce (Italy, 1866-1952)
 * Che cos è il liberalismo, 1943


 * William Beveridge (United Kingdom, 1879-1973)
 * Full Employment in a Free Society, 1944
 * Why I am a liberal, 1945


 * Ludwig von Mises (Austria, 1881-1973)


 * John Maynard Keynes (United Kingdom, 1883-1946)
 * The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, 1936
 * The Economic Consequences of the Peace


 * Will Durant 18815-1981 with Ariel Durant 1898-1981
 * The Story of Civiliazation


 * José Ortega y Gasset (Spain, 1883-1955)
 * La rebelión de las masas, 1930 (The Rebellion of the Masses)


 * Friedrich Hayek (Austria, 1899-1992)
 * The Road to Serfdom, 1944
 * The Constitution of Liberty, 1960


 * Karl Raimund Popper (Austria/United Kingdom, 1902-1994)
 * The Open Society and Its Enemies, 1946


 * Alan Paton (South Africa, 1903-1988)
 * Cry, The Beloved Country, 1948


 * Raymond Aron (France, 1905-1983)
 * Essais sur les libertés, 1965
 * Démocratie et totalitarisme, 1965


 * John Kenneth Galbraith (United States, 1908-   )
 * The Affluent Society, 1958
 * The Liberal Hour, 1960


 * Isaiah Berlin (Latvia/United Kingdom, 1909-1997)
 * Two Concepts of Liberty, 1958
 * Four Essays on Liberty, 1966


 * Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
 * The Age of Roosevelt
 * The Cycles in American History


 * Bruce Ackerman
 * We, The People


 * John Rawls (United States, 1921-2002)
 * A Theory of Justice, 1972
 * Political Liberalism, 1996


 * Ralf Dahrendorf (Germany/United Kingdom, 1929-   )
 * Die Chancen der Krise: über die Zukunft des Liberalismus, 1983
 * Fragmente eines neuen Liberalismus, 1987

in English

 * The future of liberal revolution / Bruce Ackerman - New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992
 * Liberalism and Democracy / Norberto Bobbio - London: Verso, 1990 (Liberalismo e democrazia, 1988)
 * Liberalism / John A. Hall - London: Paladin, 1988
 * The Decline of Liberalism as an Ideology / John H. Hallowell - London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1946

in Dutch

 * Beleid voor een vrije samenleving / J.W. de Beus en Percy B. Lehning (red.) - Meppel: Boom, 1990
 * Afscheid van de Verlichting: Liberalen in verwarring over eigen gedachtengoed / Hans Charmant en Percy Lehning - Amsterdam: Donner, 1989
 * Liberalisme, een speurtocht naar de filosofische grondslagen / A.A.M. Kinneging e.a. - Den Haag: Teldersstichting, 1988
 * De liberale speurtocht voortgezet / K. Groenveld, H.J. Lutke Schipholt & J.H.C. van Zanen - Den Haag: Teldersstichting, 1989
 * Het menselijk liberalisme / Dirk Verhofstadt - Antwerpen: Houtekiet, 2002

in French

 * Le libéralisme / Georges Burdeu - Paris: Seuil, 1979

in German

 * Die Freiheit die wir meinen / Werner Becker - München: Piper, 1982
 * Noch eine chance für die Liberalen / Karl-Hermann Flach - Frankfurt: Fischer, 1971
 * Liberalismus / Lothar Gall - Königstein: Athenäum, 1985