Liberalism and Its Discontents

Liberalism - the comparatively mild-mannered sibling to the more ardent camps of nationalism and socialism - has never been so divisive as today. From the failed Cameron-Clegg Coalition to Putin''s populism and the Trump administration, it has both thrived and failed under identity politics, authoritarianism, and a weakened free press the world over. Since its birth following the post Reformation wars, liberalism has come under attack by conservatives and progressives alike, and today is dismissed as an ''obsolete doctrine.'' In this brilliant and concise exposition, Francis Fukuyama sets out the cases for and against its classical premises: observing the rule of law, independence of judges, means over ends, and most of all, tolerance. Pithy, to the point, and ever pertinent, this is political dissection at its very best.

Product details

• Authors: Francis Fukuyama, Fukuyama Francis, FRANCIS FUKUYAMA
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 02.03.2023
• Subject: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics
• EAN: 9781800810143
• ISBN: 978-1-80081-014-3
• Pages: 178
• Dimensions (packing): 12.9 x 19.7 x 1.2 cm
• Subjects: Trump, Populism, Vladimir Putin, Orban, Xi Jinping, Nationalism, European Union, Soviet Union, USSR, Socialism, Politics and government, Authoritarianism, Political science and theory, Modi, Centrist democratic ideologies, Tsai Ing-wen, Russia-Ukraine war, Oliver Bullough, government; nationalism; post Reformation; Trump; Modi; Orban; Ian Dunt How To Be A Liberal; James O'Brien; Russia-Ukraine war; populism; Vladimir Putin; Volodymyr Zelenskyy; authoritarianism; Anna Reid Borderland; socialism; Peter Pomerantsev This I, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, James O'Brien, Peter Pomerantsev This Is Not Propaganda, Anna Reid Borderland, Tom Burgis Kleptopia, Catherine Belton Putin’s People, Ian Dunt How To Be A Liberal, post Reformation