The Betrayal of Liberalism
Subtitle: How the Disciples of Freedom and Equality Helped Foster the Illiberal Politics of Coercion and Control
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Published: October 25, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781566632577
Subjects: Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies; Politics/International Relations; Liberalism; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; History & Theory - General; Political Science / General; General
Description: "In this collection of essays which appeared originally in The New Criterion, nine distinguished critics and observers examine the origins and prospects of liberalism, from its roots in thinkers such as Rousseau and Mill to its troubled legacy in twentieth-century pursuits. They are cogent in explaining the compromising effects of liberalism in the moral and intellectual life of our culture, and seek to disentangle what is beneficent from what is destructive in its ideas."--BOOK JACKET.