The Tragedy  of Liberalism
Subtitle: An Alternative Defense of a Political Tradition (S U N Y Series in Social and Political Thought)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: November 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780791446706
Subjects: Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies; Politics / Current Events; Political; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; History & Theory - General; Liberalism
Description: "Drawing on recent developments in liberal theory, Bert van den Brink develops an alternative defense of liberalism. He argues that liberal theorists should admit that their doctrine is not neutral with regard to conceptions of the good life - that it in fact fosters ideals of personal autonomy and a pluralist environment.

These ideals generate irreconcilable, tragic conflicts between liberal and nonliberal ideals, and it is only by taking these conflicts seriously that liberals can learn of the unwanted consequences of liberal doctrine, effectively rebut critics, and react adequately to the complex pluralism of contemporary societies."--BOOK JACKET.