Liberalism in dark times : the liberal ethos in the twentieth century

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 Liberalism in Dark Times, Joshua Cherniss issues a rousing defense of the liberal tradition, dr...

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Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Cherniss, Joshua Laurence
Fformat: Livre numérique
Iaith:Anglais
Cyhoeddwyd: Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton University Press 2021.
Pynciau:
Mynediad Ar-lein:Accès Université Orléans et IFPM
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La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de 327 p.
Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) Corpus Philosophie
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Edition sous un autre format:• Liberalism in dark times, the liberal ethos in the twentieth century, Joshua L. Cherniss, 2021, Princeton (N.J.), Princeton University Press, 1 vol. (XVI-305 p.), 978-0-691-21703-1
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • 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