. Old and New Liberalism

                A. Like old liberals, new liberals pursue greater personal freedom

                1. the battle against fascism was a new birth of liberty

                2. contagious optimism in an age of prosperity

                3. unfinished business

                               --women, minorities, youth, economic opportunity

 

B. Unlike old liberals, using public power to create economic opportunity

 

 

II. Personal Freedom

                A. Art of Jackson Pollack

 

                B. Civil Rights

                1. United States in a leadership role

                    a. equality under the law for blacks

                b. inspires movements around the world

                2. Revolts against communist regimes

                    a. Hungary (1956)

                    b. Czechoslovakia (1968)

                3. Younger generation demands new rights

                    a. reform of universities in Europe

                    b. Paris, 1968

                    c. voting rights for 18-year-olds in the U.S.

 

C. Feminism

                1. Simone de Beauvoir

                     a. women as individual persons

                2. Issues of opportunity

                     --education and employment

                3. Issues of personal freedom

                     --divorce, contraception and  abortion

 

D. Existentialism--philosophy of personal freedom

                1. Sartre, Camus, and Beauvoir: we are condemned to be free