SHWLL NYAGOW NI WSITVUddIT 1S PORE e ESV ane ff) MODERN TIME wm : A IN HONOUR OF DG AY Eo Calan Edited by Ernest Gellner and César Cansi ROPEAN UNIVERSITY PRESSLIBERALISM IN MODERN TIMES Essays in Honour of José G. Merquior EDITED BY ERNEST GELLNER AND CESAR CANSINO a ScEU CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY PRESS Budapest. London New YorkFirst published in 1996 by ‘Central European University Press 1051 Badapest Nador uica 9, Hungary Distributed by Onford University Pres, Walon Stret, Oxford OX2 6D? Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bombiy Toronto CCaleuta Cape Town Dares Silkam Dela Florence Hong Kong Tstanbal Karachi Keala Lompur Madme Madkid Melbonme ‘Mexico City Naicobi Paris Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto {nd ascocited companses in Berlin Ibucan Distributed in the United Sexes bby Oxford University Pres Inc., New York © Central European University Press 1996 Allrights reserved. No par ofthis publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or tarsmitted, in any form or by any means, ‘wichout the prior pension of the pablus, Biitsh Library Cataloguing in Publication Data ACIP catalogue record for ths book wailble fom the Brith Library ISBN 1-85866-52-1 Hardback ISBN 1-85866-(53-X Paperback Library of Congross Cataloging in Publication Data ‘A CIP catalog record for this book's availble fiom the Library of Congress Designed sypetet and prodaced by John Saunders Design & Production, Reading, UK Printed and bound in Grest Briain by Bidiles of Guilford, UK CONTENTS Notes on Contributors ‘Acknowledgments Post Seriptum Triste Introduction Emest Gellner Part | On Merquiorian Thought 1. A Panoramic View on the Renaissance of Liberalisms José G. Merquior 2. Merquior and Liberalism Helio Jaguaribe 3. Modemity and Postmodernity in the Thought of José Merquior Gregory R. Johnson 4. Merquior the Liberalist Roberto Campos 5. Variations on 2 Theme by J. G. Merquior Ghita Tonesan Pare 1 On Merquiorian Themes 6. Liberalism and Trust John A. Hall vil ix 21 37 or 101