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Liberalism in Dark Times: The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century

byJoshua Cherniss

While right-wing populists and leftist purists righteously violate liberal norms, theorists of liberalism seem to have little to say. The argument in Liberalism in Dark Times develops through archival evidence, political analysis, and reconstructed events, attending to both broad patterns and the revealing details that resist them. That perspective connects the liberal ethos in the twentieth century to larger questions in history and philosophy, without losing sight of the people living through the consequences. Rather than reducing its subject to a single lesson, Liberalism in Dark Times preserves its contradictions and shows why they remain important.

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

328

ISBN

9780691217031