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Ideologies / Social Liberal / L. T. Hobhouse
L. T. Hobhouse — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1864–1929 · United Kingdom · Sociologist

L. T. Hobhouse

The New Liberalism

Liberty needs the state's help.

Heterodox Social Liberal →
Economic−30
SocialistMarket
Governance+20
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+35
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The theorist of 'New Liberalism' who reconceived freedom as something the state must actively enable — laying the philosophical foundation for social liberalism.

social

Progressive theorist of social rights.

economic

Argued real freedom required public provision, not just markets.

governance

Reforming liberal state as the guarantor of opportunity.

Notable for
  • 'Liberalism' (1911)
  • New Liberalism theory
  • Positive-liberty argument
new-liberalismpositive-libertysocial-rights
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