Alan S. Kahan

Professor of British Civilization

Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

FR

Biographie

Alan S. Kahan received his Ph.D. in History from The University of Chicago in 1987. He is currently working on a history and theory of “democratic liberalism”, as opposed to the “liberal democracy” currently dominant. More information and some amusing quotations can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/alankahan/

Articles (1)

enAlan S. Kahan

Liberalism and the Atlantic World

Liberalism can be considered the first truly Atlantic ideology, in spite of undeniable national variations. Two moments in its history will be discussed: the birth of liberalism as a political formation, with a particular focus on Argentina, and the configuration of a new liberalism around 1900, as embodied by Jane Addams.