Ein sozialistischer Liberaler oder ein liberaler Sozialist?

Socialism is often described as a collectivist world view, while liberalism is portrayed as its antithesis as it emphasises the flourishing of the individual. Using John Stuart Mill's thinking—who is considered to be one of the quintessential representatives of liberalism—Florian Maiwald attempts to demonstrate that the contradiction that is often attributed to the two aforementioned political world views should be subjected to justified scrutiny.
Ultimately, however, this study is based on far more profound questions: What does freedom mean? And what conditions must be met for a person to be truly free?