Description
Donald Trump is the first American president to openly mock liberal values with disdain. And he is not alone: proponents of illiberalism also lead Italy, Hungary, Poland, and Turkey. What actually happened? Why has liberalism lost the support it once enjoyed? In his book, James Traub grapples with these questions by returning to the origins of liberalism in the aftermath of the American and French revolutions and in the works of thinkers such as John Stuart Mill and Isaiah Berlin. The first liberals viewed majority rule with deep skepticism, but then liberalism adapted and embraced not only a belief in individual rights and free markets but also a belief in the fundamental intervention of the state to ensure the common good. Liberalism soon became the creed of the most powerful country in the world. However, this consensus has been disrupted, and today liberalism is regarded as an outdated doctrine. Traub's book presents current events against the backdrop of earlier occurrences and shows a way forward.
Information
Author: Traub James
Publication date: March 2, 2021
Manufacturer: Dr. Aleš Lederer
Genres: History and facts, Books
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 368
ISBN/EAN: 9788072604753