Radicalism

This page is about the historical movement known as 'radicalism', for the political radicalism in general see Radicalism (Disambiguation).

Radicalism (Rad) or Radical Liberalism (RadLib) was a historical set of movements within classical liberalism and represented the left-wing of the historical movement. Radical liberalism took principles behind liberalism and applied them to their conclusion (a.k.a. their 'root' or 'radix' and latin, therefore 'radicalism').

For example: A classical liberal might espouse that a democratic system of government and the right to vote should be given in turn a radical liberal would take such a statement to its conclusion that being that women, those without property, immigrants, etc., should all be given the right to vote. Radical liberals also supported positive rights where classical ones only advocated negative ones. Moreover, radical liberals were historically the early advocates of welfare states.

Radical liberal movements declined during the latter half of the 19th century as socialism became the dominant ideology of the left; some radicals became much more moderate and became social liberals and liberal democrats, while others joined the socialists and became liberal socialists. By modern standards 'radicalism' is not radical at all as the reforms made by radical liberals got accepted as the norm; in the modern day 'radical liberal' is mainly used as an insult.

History
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Doctrine
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How to Draw
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 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) Fill it with dark blue
 * 3) Draw a rose in yellow
 * 4) Draw the eyes and you're done!

Texts

 * Speeches of Right Honourable Charles James Fox by Charles James Fox

Wikipedia

 * Radicalism (historical)
 * Radical Whigs
 * Radicals (UK)
 * Italian Radical Party
 * Historical Far Left
 * Radical Party (France)
 * Foxite
 * Charles James Fox
 * Ministry of All the Talents
 * Transnational Radical Party