French liberalism in the context of "Liberalism"

⭐ In the context of Liberalism, a key distinction between the British and French traditions lies in their respective emphases on


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⭐ Core Definition: French liberalism

Liberalism and radicalism have played a role in the political history of France. The main line of conflict in France in the long nineteenth century was between monarchists (mainly Legitimists and Orléanists but also Bonapartists) and republicans (Radical-Socialists, Opportunist Republicans, and later socialists). The Orléanists, who favoured constitutional monarchy and economic liberalism, were opposed to the Republican Radicals.

The Radical Party and especially the "republican" parties (Democratic Republican Alliance, Republican Federation, National Centre of Independents and Peasants, Independent Republicans, Republican Party, and Liberal Democracy) have since embraced liberalism, including its economic version, and have mostly joined either the Union for a Popular Movement in 2002, later renamed The Republicans in 2015, while a minority are affiliated with the Union of Democrats and Independents, launched in 2012. Emmanuel Macron, a former member of the Socialist Party, launched En Marche! (later re-named Renaissance) in 2016 and has served as President of France since 2017.

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👉 French liberalism in the context of Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property, and equality before the law. Liberals espouse various and sometimes conflicting views depending on their understanding of these principles but generally support private property, market economies, individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), liberal democracy, secularism, rule of law, economic and political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion. Liberalism is frequently cited as the dominant ideology of modern history.

Liberalism became a distinct movement in the Age of Enlightenment, gaining popularity among Western philosophers and economists. Liberalism sought to replace the norms of hereditary privilege, state religion, absolute monarchy, the divine right of kings and traditional conservatism with representative democracy, rule of law, and equality under the law. Liberals also ended mercantilist policies, royal monopolies, and other trade barriers, instead promoting free trade and marketization. The philosopher John Locke is often credited with founding liberalism as a distinct tradition based on the social contract, arguing that each man has a natural right to life, liberty and property, and governments must not violate these rights. While the British liberal tradition emphasized expanding democracy, French liberalism emphasized rejecting authoritarianism and is linked to nation-building.

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← Liberalism ← Liberal theory ← Political liberalism
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Liberalism → Classical radicalism → France → France in the long nineteenth century → Monarchists → Legitimists → OrlĂ©anist → Bonapartism → Radical Party (France) → Moderate Republicans (France, 1871–1901) → Socialism → Constitutional monarchy → Economic liberalism → Radical Party (France) → Democratic Republican Alliance → Republican Federation → National Centre of Independents and Peasants → Independent Republicans → Republican Party (France) → Liberal Democracy (France) → Union for a Popular Movement → The Republicans (France) → Union of Democrats and Independents → Emmanuel Macron → Socialist Party (France) → Renaissance (French political party) → President of France →