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The Future of Liberalism by Alan Wolfe is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Future of Liberalism about?
<p><P>A compelling and deeply felt exploration and defense of liberalism: what it actually is, why it is relevant today, and how it can help our society chart a forward course.<P><i>The Future of Liberalism</i> represents the culmination of four decades of thinking and writing about contemporary politics by Alan Wolfe, one of America’s leading scholars, hailed by one critic as “one of liberalism’s last and most loyal sons.” Wolfe mines the bedrock of the liberal tradition, explaining how Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, John Dewey, and other celebrated minds helped shape liberalism’s central philosophy. Wolfe also examines those who have challenged liberalism since its inception, from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to modern conservatives, religious fundamentalists, and evolutionary theorists such as Richard Dawkins.<P>Drawing on both the inspiration and insights of seminal works such as John Locke’s <i>Second Treatise on Government,</i> Adam Smith’s <i>Theory of Moral Sentiments,</i> Kant’s essay “What is Enlightenment?,” and Mill’s <i>On Liberty</i> and <i>The Subjection of Women,</i> Wolfe ambitiously sets out to defin
Who reads The Future of Liberalism?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Alan Wolfe
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307266774
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.75 / 5 (62 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14