Liberalism in Dark Times : : The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century / / Joshua L. Cherniss.
A timely defense of liberalism that draws vital lessons from its greatest midcentury proponentsToday, 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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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Sources, Citations, and Abbreviations
- Introduction. The Vices of Virtue: Liberalism and the Problem of Ruthlessness
- 1 “Squeamishness Is the Crime”: Ruthlessness, Ethos, and the Critique of Liberalism
- 2 Between Tragedy and Utopia: Weber and Lukács on Ethics and Politics
- 3 A Just Man: Albert Camus and the Search for a Decent Heroism
- 4 The “Morality of Prudence” and the Fertility of Doubt: Raymond Aron’s Defense of a Realist Liberalism
- 5 Against Cynicism and Sentimentality: Reinhold Niebuhr’s Chastened Liberal Realism
- 6 “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
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A NOTE ON THE TYPE