Liberalism and Sociology: L. T. Hobhouse and Political Argument in England 1880-1914

This book, explores the relationship between Liberalism and sociology in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain. It examines the moral and intellectual inspiration of the New Liberalism which came to dominate Edwardian politics; explores the nature of the systematic political philosophy in this period; and shows how the contemporary understanding of sociology was bound up with attempts to provide a theoretical and historical grounding for the belief in Progress.Collini, Stefan is the author of 'Liberalism and Sociology: L. T. Hobhouse and Political Argument in England 1880-1914', published 1983 under ISBN 9780521274081 and ISBN 0521274087.