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Liberalism

by L. T. Hobhouse

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1911
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90
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Political freedom begins here with the question of how people live together. Hobhouse traces forms of association from kinship groups and rule backed by military and religious authority to the civic life of Greece and Rome. His account weighs the strengths of shared citizenship against its limits, including the exclusion of parts of the population and the difficulty of governing larger territories. Medieval dependence and the growth of towns carry the discussion toward new centres of local freedom.

The argument then connects individual development with the common good. Hobhouse treats citizens as active contributors to social life and explains why democratic participation matters to liberal principles. Progress depends on choices and mutual adjustment, with public institutions helping human capacities grow.

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L. T. Hobhouse

L. T. Hobhouse (1864-1929), in full Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, was a British political theorist and sociologist who also worked as a journalist, philosopher and university teacher. His writings place him within New Liberalism, the line of social liberal thought. They include "Liberalism" (1911).

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First published
1911
Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
90
Language
English
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