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PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-100300240023

ISBN-139780300240023

eBay Product ID (ePID)248419372

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Book TitleWhy Liberalism Failed

Number of Pages264 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

TopicModern / 20th Century, Political, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism

GenrePolitical Science, Philosophy, History

AuthorPatrick J. Deneen

Book SeriesPolitics and Culture Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-303719

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal320.51

Synopsis"One of the most important political books of 2018."--Rod Dreher, American Conservative 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., Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded? " Why Liberalism Failed offers cogent insights into the loss of meaning and community that many in the West feel, issues that liberal democracies ignore at their own peril."--President Barack Obama "Deneen's book is valuable because it focuses on today's central issue. The important debates now are not about policy. They are about the basic values and structures of our social order."--David Brooks, New York Times 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.

LC Classification NumberJC574.D46 2018