Books by Alan Kahan

This study analyzes parliamentary suffrage debates in England, France and Germany, showing that liberals throughout Europe used a distinctive political language, 'the discourse of capacity', to limit political participation. This language defined liberals, and they used it to define and limit full citizenship.

This treatise links three 19th-century philosophers in a single intellectual and ideological tradition by identifying similarities in their thought. The author also attempts to correct prevalent misconceptions about 19th-century liberalism.

This study analyzes parliamentary suffrage debates in England, France and Germany, showing that liberals throughout Europe used a distinctive political language, 'the discourse of capacity', to limit political participation. This language defined liberals, and they used it to define and limit full citizenship.

Western intellectuals have trumpeted contempt for capitalism and capitalists. They have written novels, plays, and manifestos to demonstrate the evils of the economic system in which they live. This title presents an analytical history of how and why so many intellectuals have opposed capitalism.