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Liberalism : A Counter-History by Domenico Losurdo (2014, Trade Paperback)

In this definitive historical investigation, Italian author and philosopher Domenico Losurdo argues that from the outset liberalism, as a philosophical position and ideology, has been bound up with the most illiberal of policies: slavery, colonialism, genocide, racism and snobbery. Narrating an intellectual history running from the eighteenth through to the twentieth centuries, Losurdo examines the thought of preeminent liberal writers such as Locke, Burke, Tocqueville, Constant, Bentham, and Siey s, revealing the inner contradictions of an intellectual position that has exercised a formative influence on today's politics. Among the dominant strains of liberalism, he discerns the counter-currents of more radical positions, lost in the constitution of the modern world order.

Book Title
Liberalism : a Counter-History
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
History & Theory, General, Political, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Genre
History, Philosophy, Political Science
Author
Domenico Losurdo
Format
Trade Paperback

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
" Liberalism: A Counter-History by Domenico Losurdo stimulatingly uncovers the contradictions of an ideology that is much too self-righteously invoked."-Pankaj Mishra, Guardian t "A brilliant exercise in unmasking liberal pretensions, surveying over three centuries with magisterial command of the sources."- Financial Times, " Liberalism: A Counter-History by Domenico Losurdo stimulatingly uncovers the contradictions of an ideology that is much too self-righteously invoked." --Pankaj Mishra, Guardian "A brilliant exercise in unmasking liberal pretensions, surveying over three centuries with magisterial command of the sources." -- Financial Times
Dewey Decimal
320.51
Lc Classification Number
Jc574
Copyright Date
2014

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