The Betrayal of Liberalism: How the Disciples of Freedom and Equality Helped Foster the Illiberal Politics of Coercion and Control - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1566632587 ISBN 13: 9781566632584

Casa editrice: Ivan R Dee, 1999

Riassunto

In this incisive collection of essays which appeared originally in The New Criterion, ten 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 twentiethcentury pursuits, and its compromising effects in the moral and intellectual life of our culture. Its contributors include Roger Scruton, Keith Windschuttle, Hadley Arkes, Robert Conquest, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Robert Kagan, John Silber, John O'Sullivan, Hilton Kramer, and Roger Kimball. Genuinely provocative. Kirkus Reviews

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Hilton Kramer is editor of The New Criterion and author, most recently, ofThe Twilight of the Intellectuals. He is also art critic of the New York Times Observer. Roger Kimball is managing editor of The New Criterion. He has writtenTenured Radicals and has recently edited a new edition of Walter Bagehot’sPhysics and Politics.

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• Editore: Ivan R Dee
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1566632587
• ISBN 13: 9781566632584
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 254
• Redattore: Kramer Hilton