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<p>Despite the fall of its ideological enemies—the political messianisms of communism and national socialism—democratic capitalism faces extraordinary challenges in the new millennium, argues <i>City Journal</i> editor and <i>South Park Conservatives</i> author Brian C. Anderson in this thought-provoking new book. Not only has a fanatical form of Islam distrupted the peace and prosperity of the postcommunist era, which some had wrongly heralded as a liberal-democratic “end of history”; our free societies also remain haunted by internal demons—egalitarian fantasies, moral libertinism, an arid and unsustainable secularism, a suicide of culture.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Yet nothing ordains the triumph of these demons over the democratic capitalist prospect, Anderson believes. Drawing on a rich anti-utopian tradition of political thought, he defends the real achievements of the free society against an array of critics, ranging from Jean-Paul Sartre to British anti-market conservative John Gray to the quietly authoritarian social democrat John Rawls to the postmodern Marxist and one-time terrorist Antonio Negri.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Anderson pays particularly close attention to the United S

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Author

Anderson, Brian C., 1961-

Publisher

ISI Books, 2007.

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781933859248

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Economics, Political Science, Philosophy

Rating

4 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14