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Liberalism: The Life of an Idea, Second Edition

By Edmund Fawcett

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9781400889679
DOI
10.23943/9781400889679
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2847906 bytes)
Edition
Second
Pages
536\532
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-24 14:59:12

Description

Despite playing a decisive role in shaping the past two hundred years of American and European politics, liberalism is no longer the dominant force it once was. In this expanded and updated edition of what has become a classic history of liberalism, Edmund Fawcett traces its ideals, successes, and failures through the lives and ideas of exemplary thinkers and politicians from the early nineteenth century to today. Significant revisions--including a new conclusion--reflect recent changes affecting the world political order that many see as presenting new and very potent threats to the survival of liberal democracy as we know it. A richly detailed account of a vulnerable but critically important political creed, this book reminds us that to defend liberalism it is vital to understand its character and history.

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