Liberalism in Dark Times
Liberalism in Dark Times A timely defense of liberalism that draws vital lessons from its greatest midcentury proponentsToday, liberalism faces threats from across the political spectrum. In…
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Liberalism in Dark Times
A timely defense of liberalism that draws vital lessons from its greatest midcentury proponentsToday, liberalism faces threats from across the political spectrum. In Liberalism in Dark Times, Joshua Cherniss issues a rousing defense of the liberal tradition, drawing on a neglected strand of liberal thought.Assaults on liberalism--a political order characterized by limits on political power and respect for individual rights--are nothing new. While right-wing populists and leftist purists righteously violate liberal norms, theorists of liberalism seem to have little to say.
While many intellectuals dismissed liberalism as outdated, unrealistic, or unworthy, a handful of writers defended and reinvigorated the liberal ideal, Early in the twentieth century, democracy was under attack around the world, with one country after another succumbing to dictatorship.