Tackling the Liberal Shapeshifter

Liberalism as the Air that We Breathe

Scholars have struggled to define liberalism. Historians have surprised to find that the concept “liberalism” began much later than anticipated. Locke didn’t know what liberalism was. “Liberalism” began its life as a political concept beginning of the 19th century in Spain, of all places. The word “liberalism” has a varied history. The repetition of th…