Classical liberalism

John Locke -English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism". - Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin of modern conceptions of identity and the self. - He postulated that, at birth, the mind was a blank slate. - Opposed the Divine Right of Kings and asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property. - Opponent of religious enthusiasm.

The John Locke Lectures are among the world's most distinguished lecture series in philosophy. The series began in 1950 and are given once a year.

Feudalism in Europe came into being during the 9th and 10th centuries.

Motivated by the bloody uprising across the Channel, this passionate defence of the aristocratic system is a landmark in conservative thinking

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The Noam Chomsky Reading List uses references, taken from the notes in some of Chomsky's important works, to create book lists.

Foreign intervention and technocratic governance: these are very contemporary issues, and ones with which liberals wrestle as much as reactionaries. Liberals may despise empire nostalgia, but many promote arguments about intervention and governance that have their roots in an imperial worldview. We should not imagine that apologists for empire are simply living in the past. They seek, rather, to rewrite the past as a way of shaping current debates. That makes it even more important that…