7 Political Ideas Liberalism Key thinkers: Locke, Wollstonecraft, Mill, Rawls, Friedan explained

This video looks at the 5 key thinkers for Liberalism in the A Level Politics (EDEXCEL) course. Their ideas are explained and continuity and change are considered across the development of Liberalism. Part of a series looking at Political Ideas.

[@HarrySmith-dp2ht]

Hi Alan, I have a liberalism exam on Monday and this has been really helpful, thanks👍👍

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

Best of luck!

[@qt0m]

using your vids for politics y13 mocks and these vids are so helpful, thank you mate! :)

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

You’re welcome

[@henry1234W]

could you make a 2024 predicted politics set of papers? Would defo be interested in buying that if you did

[@EleriBowen]

This was very helpful, thank you!

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

You are welcome I'm glad it helped, I'm going to upload a similar one on 5 key thinkers in Socialism later this week

[@chloelaw405]

please could you do a video like this on anarchism ?? love your channel !!!

[@a.asimmer203]

You helped me out so much today thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@mirunaa6506]

i hope you know you've saved my life

[@theowells8208]

me too mate

[@rorycurrie5896]

Hi Alan, think these vids are excellent and are really helping with my revision. When comparing different branches of the ideologies in an essay would neo-liberalism be exclusive to conservatism or would you use it in a liberalism essay as well, if so would the key thinker for this strand be someone such as Fredrick Von Hayek or Milton Freidan etc.

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

Hi Rory, strictly speaking on the EDEXCEL specification neo-liberalism is only in the conservative section (hence Rand and Nozick) as two of the key thinkers there. So you don't have to use it in a Liberalism essay and you may not receive much credit if you do. Having said that I would be tempted to bring it in for example if the question was on economics to highlight a return to classical liberal ideas on the economy (in which case you could bring in Von Hayek and Freidan, but remember you need to use 3 of the NAMED 5 key thinkers)

[@rorycurrie5896]

@@AlanHistoryNerd thanks! Hope you have a good Christmas mate :)

[@mrwolvzz8506]

I’m a little confused on the differences between liberal strands on human nature

[@esmecutts6740]

Hi Alan do you have any videos on comparing liberalism and socialism?

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

Not directly I'm afraid, fundamentally there are strong similarities such as them both being progressive and very start differences: Liberalism focuses on the individual; socialism on the collective. There are some branches that are very close- modern liberalism/ third way and other branches that are polar opposites- classical liberalism/ revolutionary socialism

[@gloverelaxis]

@@AlanHistoryNerd "Liberalism focuses on the individual; socialism on the collective." lmao this is the kind of historical insight you'd expect from literally a 10-year-old mindlessly repeating what their racist dad told them while half-drunk

[@taranraval8764]

Were these Liberal thinkers secularists or theocratic

[@diggydawg8730]

well they certainly weren’t theocratic due to their intrinsic rejection of the divine right of kings principle, yet i wouldn’t say they went so far as being secularists. i’d say somewhere in the middle

[@forreall_]

Well Locke and Stuart mill spoke against atheism throughout there lives.

[@carmenkilgannon529]

I'm not sure if this sounds silly or not but which ones would be classed as the modern liberals?

[@nerfbastion4652]

Rawls and Fridean

[@ansonchan6312]

Rawls and Freidan!!

[@blobfordeath2250]

Why is neo-liberalism not a part of liberalism?

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

Good question! Neo-liberalism has been placed under conservatism as part of the New-Right by the exam board