Why liberalism failed
Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded? Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century-fascism, communism, and liberalism-only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism's proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural en...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven London
Yale University Press
[2018]
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Deneen, Patrick J., 1964-, Why liberalism failed] (2017) (Jones, Brian)
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| Series/Journal: | Politics and Culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Liberalism
/ Criticism
/ Political philosophy
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| Further subjects: | B
Liberalism
History
B Conservatism & Liberalism / POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies B Liberalism |
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| Summary: | Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded? Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century-fascism, communism, and liberalism-only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism's proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book, liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions: it trumpets equal rights while fostering incomparable material inequality; its legitimacy rests on consent, yet it discourages civic commitments in favor of privatism; and in its pursuit of individual autonomy, it has given rise to the most far-reaching, comprehensive state system in human history.Here, Deneen offers an astringent warning that the centripetal forces now at work on our political culture are not superficial flaws but inherent features of a system whose success is generating its own failure |
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| ISBN: | 0300231873 |
| Access: | Restricted Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.12987/9780300231878 |