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Liberalism in dark times the liberal ethos in the twentieth century

A timely defense of liberalism that draws vital lessons from its greatest midcentury proponents Today, liberalism faces threats from across the political spectrum. While right-wing populists and leftist purists righteously violate liberal norms, theorists of liberalism seem to have little to say. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cherniss, Joshua Laurence
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press 2021, ©2021
Subjects:
Weber, Max, 1864-1920 > political And Social Views
Aron, Raymond, 1905-1983 > political And Social Views
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960 > political And Social Views
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971 > political And Social Views
Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997 > political And Social Views
Liberalism > philosophy > history > 20th Century
Liberalism > moral And Ethical Aspects
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the vices of virtue : liberalism and the problem of ruthlessness
  • "Squeamishness is the crime" : ruthlessness, ethos, and the critique of liberalism
  • Between tragedy and utopia : Weber and Lukács on ethics and politics
  • A just man : Albert Camus and the search for a decent heroism
  • The "morality of prudence" and the fertility of doubt : Raymond Aron's defense of a "realist" liberalism
  • Against cynicism and sentimentality : Reinhold Niebuhr's chastened liberal realism
  • "The courage of... our doubts and uncertainties" : Isaiah Berlin, ethical moderation, and liberal ethos
  • Conclusion : good characters for good liberals? : ethos and the reconstruction of liberalism.

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