Chapter One Introduction -- Studying Liberal Society and Modernity -- Liberal Modernity: Realization of the Perennial Quest for Liberty -- Concept and Reality of Liberal Modernity -- Dimensions of Liberal Modernity -- Liberal Modernity and its Adversaries -- Liberal Society and Contemporary Western Civilization -- Liberalism: Idealism and Institutionalism of Liberty -- Ideal and Social System of Liberty -- The Ideal and Social System of Liberty, Equality and Justice -- Synthesis of Liberty and Equality: Freedom and Egalitarianism -- Synthesis of Liberty and Justice: Freedom and Equity -- Chapter Two Liberal Society and Modernity: Ideals and Institutions of Liberalism -- General Considerations -- Integral Liberty -- Integration of Economic and Social Liberty -- Integration of Negative and Positive Freedom -- Integration of Formal and Substantive Freedom -- Integration of Individual and Public Liberty -- Social Foundations of Liberty -- Liberal Egalitarianism: Comprehensive Social Equality and Inclusion -- Liberal Sociological-Economic Egalitarian Arguments -- Liberal and Other Egalitarianism -- Integral Egalitarianism -- Liberal Justice: Universal Social Equity -- Liberal Sociological-Economic Justice Arguments -- Liberal Democracy -- The Liberal System of Political Liberty, Equality and Justice -- Modern Democracy, Liberalism and Anti-Liberalism -- Societal Pluralism -- Political Pluralism -- Political Neutrality and Tolerance -- Cultural Pluralism and Tolerance -- Social Universalism -- Universalism, Particularism and Pluralism -- Individualism -- Social vs. Atomistic Individualism -- Individual Liberty, Universal Rights and Dignity -- Other Principles and Institutions of Liberalism -- Rationalism, Modernism, Progressivism and Optimism -- Liberal Humanism and Secularism -- Liberal Pacifism.

Chapter Three Social Factors and Effects of Liberalism -- The Sociological Constitution of Liberalism -- The Class Structure of Liberalism -- The Historical Conjuncture of Liberalism -- Liberal Society's Genesis and Evolution - Social Origins and Development of Liberalism -- The Enlightenment: The True Genesis of Liberalism and the Project of Liberal Society -- Modern Enlightenment versus Medieval Darkness -- Elements of Liberal Modernity in the Enlightenment -- Enlightenment and the Conservative-Authoritarian Reaction -- The Enlightenment-Conservative Antinomies -- The Enlightenment and Rationalism -- The Enlightenment and Integral Liberty -- The Enlightenment and Societal Modernism -- The Enlightenment and Egalitarianism -- The Enlightenment and Liberal Democracy -- The "Neo-Enlightenment" -- Strands and Instances of the Enlightenment -- The Enlightenment, the French/American Revolution and Modern Liberalism -- Chapter Four Types of Liberalism -- Classical Liberalism -- British and Continental-European Original Liberalism -- Liberty in Society -- A System of Liberty, Equality and Justice -- Classical Sociological Liberalism -- Critiques and Revisions of Classical Liberalism -- Contemporary Liberalism -- Modern American Liberalism -- Economic Liberalism -- Classical Economic Liberalism -- Contemporary Economic Liberalism -- Economic Liberalism and Historical Stages of Capitalism -- Economic Liberalism and Sociological Types of Capitalism -- Economic Liberalism and Comparative Capitalist Systems -- Social Liberalism -- Political and Cultural Liberalism -- Classical and Contemporary Social Liberalism -- Neo-Liberalism: "New" Liberalism or Neo-Conservatism? -- Liberalism and Libertarianism -- Partial and Extreme Economic "Liberalism" -- Economic Non-Liberalism -- Social Non-Liberalism -- Libertarianism versus Modernized Liberalism.

Appendix: Other Classifications of Liberalism -- Chapter Five Liberal Democracy: Political Liberalism -- Liberalism and Democracy -- Liberal Democracy and its Adversaries -- The Liberal-Democratic Link and Its Detractors -- Liberalization and Democratization -- Liberal Democracy and Political Liberty -- Formal and Substantive Political Liberty -- Constitutional and Liberal Democracy -- Positive and Negative Political Liberty -- Individual and Collective Political Liberty -- Liberal Democracy and Political Pluralism -- Political Pluralism and Freedom -- Formal and Substantive Political Pluralism -- Liberal Democracy and Political Egalitarianism -- Integral Political Equality -- Liberal Democracy and Justice -- Political Egalitarianism and Justice in Liberal Democracy -- Integral Political Justice -- Liberal Democracy and Political Universalism -- Liberal Political Universalism and Inclusion vs. Illiberal Particularism and Exclusion -- Universalistic Political Culture -- Modern Liberal and Illiberal Democracies and Universalism -- Liberal Democracy and Secularism -- Formal Secularism: A Secular Liberal State -- Substantive Secularism: Secular Liberal Society -- Liberal Democracy and Rationalism -- Political Rationalism versus Economic Rationality -- Public Use of Reason -- Liberal Democracy and Humanism -- Liberal Democracy and Human Liberties, Rights and Life -- Liberal Humanism and the Welfare State -- Political Liberalism and the Welfare State -- Chapter Six Liberal Civil Society and Culture: Socio-Cultural Liberalism -- Liberalism and Civil Society -- Liberal Civil Society and Social Liberty -- Economic and Non-Economic Liberties -- Individual and Group Liberties, Rights and Identities -- The 'Dark Side' of Liberal Civil Society and Anti-Liberalism -- Liberal Culture -- Enlightenment Culture -- Liberal Multiculturalism -- Moral Liberalism.

Liberal Morality: Moral Liberty and Individualism -- Liberal Moral Virtue -- Ethical Universalism and Humanism -- Ethical Rationalism -- Religious Liberalism -- Liberal Religious Freedom -- Secular Civil Society and Culture -- Chapter Seven Conclusion -- References -- Index.