Liberalism for a New Century

Name: Liberalism for a New Century
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ISBN: 9780520250710

ISBN-10: 0520250710

ISBN-13: 9780520250710

Edition: 2007 (Annotated)

Authors: Neil Jumonville, Kevin Mattson, E. J. Dionne, E. J. Dionne

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American liberalism today is in a state of confusion and disarray, with the "L word" widely considered a term of derision. By examining both the historical past and the fractious present, Liberalism for a New Century restores a proud political tradition and carves out a formidable defense of its philosophical tenets. This manifesto for a New Liberalism issues an urgent and cogent call for the most important rethinking of its values since the late 1960s, when conservatives reenergized themselves after Barry Goldwater's infamous loss. The essays in this volume, most of them never before published, are written by a leading group of historians, journalists, and public intellectuals. Some of…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Neil Jumonville is William Warren Rogers Professor of History at Florida State University. Kevin Mattson is Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University.



Foreword



Introduction: Liberalism, Past and Future Tense




The Philosophy of Liberalism



The Liberal Spirit in America and Its Paradoxes




The Contemporary Critique of the Enlightenment: Its Irrelevance to America and Liberalism




Liberalism and the Conservative Imagination




Liberalism and American Values



Liberalism and Belief




Liberal Tolerance at Middle Age




Liberalism and Democracy: A Troubled Marriage




What Liberals Owe to Radicals




Liberalism, Science, and the Future of Evolution




Liberalism and Family Values




Liberalism and Religion




Liberalism, Environmentalism, and the Promise of National Greatness




Liberalism and American Power



Liberalism, Internationalism, and Iran Today




Beyond Iraq: Toward a New Liberal Internationalism



Notes


List of Contributors


Index