Not Thinking Like a Liberal

Raymond Geuss is a critic of liberalism, a politics so pervasive in the West that it goes unnoticed. His attention sharpened by his own unorthodox intellectual journey, Geuss locates what we fail to see in the status quo: its shallowness and futility. Rejecting both authoritarian horror and liberal complacency, Geuss looks to genuinely new ideas.

About the author

Raymond Geuss is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His books include Changing the Subject, Reality and Its Dreams, and Who Needs a World View?

Summary

Raymond Geuss is a critic of liberalism, a politics so pervasive in the West that it goes unnoticed. His attention sharpened by his own unorthodox intellectual journey, Geuss locates what we fail to see in the status quo: its shallowness and futility. Rejecting both authoritarian horror and liberal complacency, Geuss looks to genuinely new ideas.

Product details

• Authors: Raymond Geuss, Geuss Raymond
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.02.2025
• EAN: 9780674297319
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29731-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, Biography: general, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Popular philosophy, Political science and theory, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies