| Liberal Modernity and Its Adversaries: Freedom, Liberalism and Anti-Liberalism in the 21st Century Contributor(s): Zafirovski, Milan (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004160523 ISBN-13: 9789004160521 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $167.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: The book rediscovers liberal modernity as the master process and destination of Western civilization, and its anti-liberal adversaries, notably conservatism, as the ghosts of a dead past. The anti-liberal rumors of the 'dead' of liberalism are 'greatly exaggerated'. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism |
| Dewey: 320.513 |
| Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences (Brill Academic) |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.7" W x 9.7" (2.65 lbs) 590 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a book about modern liberal society and its adversaries. The book rediscovers and rehabilitates much maligned, especially in America, liberalism as the ideal system of liberty in relation to anti-liberalism as one of un-freedom. It rediscovers liberal modernity as a free, equal and just social system and time, thus most compatible with and enhancing of human civilization ushering in the 21st century. It exposes anti-liberal adversaries, especially conservatism, as ideologies and systems most inappropriate with and destructive of civilization. The book rediscovers liberal modernity as the master process and destination of Western civilization, and its anti-liberal adversaries, notably conservatism, as the ghosts of a dead past. The anti-liberal rumors of the 'death' of liberalism are 'greatly exaggerated'. |
