Liberalism After the Revolution: The Intellectual Foundations of the Greek State, C. 1830-1880

ISBN-13: 9781009254656 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Michalis Sotiropoulos

Opis

This history of nineteenth-century Greek liberalism complicates our understanding of European liberalism and its relationship with the state.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Mind the legal gap (1832-44): the Polizeistaat, 'Enlightened reforms' and their liberal critics; 2. 'Romanist' jurisprudence: liberty, property and the merits of an agrarian society (1830s-1850s); 3. 'It's more than economics, stupid': political economy and the limits of 'industrial' economics (1840s-1860s); 4. Constitutional liberalism: rights, sovereignty and statehood (late 1840s-1860s; 5. The law of nations, sovereignty, and the international autonomy of the Greek state; 6. Ideas into practice: the 'lawful' revolution and the building of a new constitutional order (1860s-1870s); Conclusion. Placing Greek liberalism within a Europe-wide perspective.