| What Was Liberalism? Lib/E: The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea Contributor(s): Traub, James (Author), Ganser, L. J. (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1549101161 ISBN-13: 9781549101168 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $81.89 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: September 2019 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - History | Western Europe - General |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Chronological Period - Modern |
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| Publisher Description: A sweeping history of liberalism, from its earliest origins to its imperiled present and uncertain futureDonald Trump is the first American president to regard liberal values with open contempt. He has company: the leaders of Italy, Hungary, Poland, and Turkey, among others, are also avowed illiberals. What happened? Why did liberalism lose the support it once enjoyed? In What Was Liberalism?, James Traub returns to the origins of liberalism, in the aftermath of the American and French revolutions and in the works of such great thinkers as John Stuart Mill and Isaiah Berlin. Although the first liberals were deeply skeptical of majority rule, the liberal faith adapted, coming to encompass belief in not only individual rights and free markets, but also state action to provide basic goods. By the second half of the twentieth century, liberalism had become the national creed of the most powerful country in the world. But this consensus did not last. Liberalism is now widely regarded as an antiquated doctrine. What Was LIberalism? reviews the evolution of the liberal idea over more than two centuries for lessons on how it can rebuild its majoritarian foundations |
Contributor Bio(s): Traub, James: - James Traub has spent the last forty years as a journalist for American's leading publications, including the New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine. He now teaches foreign policy and intellectual history at New York University and at NYU Abu Dhabi, and is a columnist and contributor at Foreign Policy. He is the author of six previous books on foreign and domestic affairs. His most recent work is John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit. He lives in New York City.Ganser, L. J.: - L. J. Ganser is the winner of the prestigious Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Narration for his work in The Island at the Center of the World. He has recorded over 450 titles, ranging from preschool books to crime noir thrillers, from astronomical adventures in both science and science fiction, to Arctic Circle high-school basketball stories. |