Why liberalism failed /
Deneen, Patrick J., 1964-
Why liberalism failed / Patrick J. Deneen ; foreword by James Davison Hunter and John M. Owen IV. - xix, 225 pages ; 22 cm. - Politics and culture . - Politics and culture (New Haven, Conn.). .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-219) and index.
The end of liberalism -- Unsustainable liberalism -- Uniting individualism and statism -- Liberalism as anticulture -- Technology and the loss of liberty -- Liberalism against liberal arts -- The new aristocracy -- The degradation of citizenship -- Liberty after liberalism. Introduction: One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Conclusion:
"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."--Publisher's description.
Text in English.
0300223447 9780300223446
2017937443
Liberalism.
Liberalism--History.
JC 574 / .D473 2018
Why liberalism failed / Patrick J. Deneen ; foreword by James Davison Hunter and John M. Owen IV. - xix, 225 pages ; 22 cm. - Politics and culture . - Politics and culture (New Haven, Conn.). .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-219) and index.
The end of liberalism -- Unsustainable liberalism -- Uniting individualism and statism -- Liberalism as anticulture -- Technology and the loss of liberty -- Liberalism against liberal arts -- The new aristocracy -- The degradation of citizenship -- Liberty after liberalism. Introduction: One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Conclusion:
"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."--Publisher's description.
Text in English.
0300223447 9780300223446
2017937443
Liberalism.
Liberalism--History.
JC 574 / .D473 2018