Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET July 2016 Political Science
Which one of the following statements is not true?
ANeo-liberalism refers to significant revival of interest in classical liberalism
BNeo-liberal ideas were taken up by the political parties of the New Right in Britain
CThe revival of classical liberalism occurred as a reaction against the onset of a world recession in the 1970s
DTH Green accepted the classical liberal notion of liberty only ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) TH Green accepted the classical liberal notion of liberty only — The statement that is not true is that T.H. Green accepted only the classical liberal notion of liberty.
Explanation
★The statement that is not true is that T.H. Green accepted only the classical liberal notion of liberty.
★Green was in fact a leading social liberal who moved beyond the classical, negative idea of liberty as mere absence of restraint.
★He championed positive liberty, linking individual freedom to the common good and to people's capacity to develop themselves.
★The other three statements are accurate, since neo-liberalism revived classical liberalism, the New Right in Britain took up neo-liberal ideas, and that revival came as a reaction to the 1970s world recession.
★Green's idealist social liberalism is precisely why crediting him with the classical view only is wrong.
★So the statement about T.H. Green is the correct answer.
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