Defending freedom : how we can win the fight for an open society /
Fücks, Ralf,author.
Somers, Nick,translator.
"Confidence in democratic institutions and mainstream politics today is fast eroding. How can we address this? Leading Green politician and thinker Ralf Fücks argues that our current predicament stems from a failure to defend democracy as the guarantor of freedom. In a powerful counter, he outlines the basis for an ambitious democratic renewal"--
"Confidence in democratic institutions and mainstream politics today is fast eroding. How can we address this? Leading Green politician and thinker Ralf Fücks argues that our current predicament stems from a failure to defend democracy as the guarantor of freedom. In a powerful counter, he outlines the basis for an ambitious democratic renewal"--
First published in 2017 as Freiheit Verteidigenin.
Translated frm the German.
Includes bibliographical references.
In place of an introduction : the lie of the land -- Modern and anti-modern -- The long view of democracy -- The left and democracy -- The rise of the anti-liberals -- The migration battlefield -- Dealing with Islam -- No empathy for freedom : the Germans and Ukraine -- The Russia complex -- Modernity and its discontents -- Ecology and freedom -- Civilizing capitalism -- Shaping globalization -- How we can relaunch the EU -- What is at stake.
European Union.
European Union.
Liberty.
Liberalism.
Democracy.
Democracy.
Liberalism.
Liberty.
Defending freedom