Romantic Liberalism
An Alternative Perspective on Liberal Disrespect in the Muhammad Cartoons Controversy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6344154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gina Gustavsson (0000-0001-6834-086X, Uppsala University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-69 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9248.12022 |
| OpenAlex | W1785115079 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 25 |
There is an increasing scholarly concern that liberalism comes into conflict with religious diversity. William Galston blames this tendency on ‘Enlightenment liberalism’, which places autonomous self-reflection at the heart of the liberal project. This article, however, proposes a culprit that is more prone to both disrespect and dogmatism: romantic liberalism, which idealises authentic self-expression. I develop this concept by revisiting the Danish cartoon controversy, allegedly a case of Enlightenment liberalism. This exercise reveals that Flemming Rose, the editor who commissioned the cartoons, invokes romantic rather than enlightened values in defence of the publication. In contrast to previous research, I show that Rose does not portray the disrespectfulness of the cartoons as a side-effect of trying to promote autonomy among Muslims. Rather, he argues in favour of artistic provocation as such, invoking a distinctly romantic understanding of freedom of speech, which in many ways runs counter to the ideal of autonomy
Aesthetics · Art · Autonomy · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics · Liberalism · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Romance · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions
The Spiritual Turn
Constructions of identity, belonging and exclusion in the democratic welfare state
The ethics of deliberative activism
Political Theory
Dramaturgies of change
The Psychological Dangers of Positive Liberty
Can we trust the natives? Exploring the relationship between national identity and trust among immigrants and their descendants in Denmark
Liberal national identity
Opposing the veil in the name of liberalism
Habits of the heart
On Liberty
In The Name of Liberalism
Persons, Rights, and the Moral Community
The Early Political Writings of the German Romantics
Liberal Pluralism
Two Concepts of Liberalism
The Liberal Archipelago
International Migration
Fichte
The Danish Cartoon Affair
Beyond national models
The Deliberative Potential of Political Discussion
Autonomy, Respect, and Arrogance in the Danish Cartoon Controversy
The Cartoon Controversy
The use and abuse of ‘universal values’ in the Danish cartoon controversy
The Muhammad cartoons controversy in comparative perspective
Normative interpretations of diversity
The New Politics, Culture Wars, and The Authoritarian-Libertarian Value Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies
Here I Stand
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |