The Lost History of Liberalism with Helena Rosenblatt

What are the most common misconceptions about liberalism? Why has the history of liberalism as an inspirational ideal been lost? How did liberalism come to mean so many different and conflicting things? And what is the historical relationship between 'liberalism' and 'democracy'? Leszek Jazdzewski (Fundacja Liberte!) talks with Helena Rosenblatt, a Distinguished Professor of history, political science and French at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her most recent book is "A Lost History of Liberalism from Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century" (Princeton University Press, 2018). She is also the author of "Rousseau and Geneva from the First Discourse to the Social Contract" (Cambridge University Press, 1997), and "Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion" (Cambridge University Press, 2008) . Tune in the for their talk! Watch the video of the conversation: https://youtu.be/Ibu0HrJCCBw Helena Rosenblatt will be a guest during this year's edition of the Freedom Games, a festival of ideas co-organized by the European Liberal Forum on October 23-25, 2026, in Lodz, Poland. Find out more: igrzyskawolnosci.pl/event/igrzyska-wolnosci-2026 This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with the Movimento Liberal Social and the Fundacja Liberté!, with the financial support of the European Parliament. Neither the European Parliament nor the European Liberal Forum are responsible for the content or for any use that be made of.