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Liberalism in Dark Times

The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century

By: Joshua L. Cherniss

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Liberalism in Dark Times

The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century

By: Joshua L. Cherniss

A timely defense of liberalism that draws vital lessons from its greatest midcentury proponents 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, drawing on a neglected strand of liberal thought. Assaults on liberalism—a political order characterized by limits on political power and respect for individual rights—are nothing new. Early in the twentieth century, democracy was under attack around the world, with one country after another succumbing to dictatorship. While many intellectuals dismissed liberalism as outdated, unrealistic, or unworthy, a handful of writers defended and reinvigorated the liberal ideal, including Max Weber, Raymond Aron, Albert Camus, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Isaiah Berlin—each of whom is given a compelling new assessment here. Building on the work of these thinkers, Cherniss urges us to imagine liberalism not as a set of policies but as a temperament or disposition—one marked by openness to complexity, willingness to acknowledge uncertainty, tolerance for difference, and resistance to ruthlessness. In the face of rising political fanaticism, he persuasively argues for the continuing importance of this liberal ethos.

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Princeton University Press

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A Mind and Its Time

The Development of Isaiah Berlin's Political Thought

By: Joshua L. Cherniss

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A Mind and Its Time

The Development of Isaiah Berlin's Political Thought

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A detailed study of Isaiah Berlin: historian, philosopher, and political theorist. Situates his evolving ideas in the context of British society and world politics. Offers a new interpretation of Berlin's influential writings on liberty and his debts to philosophy, and makes clear his relationship to the political debates of his times.

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Oxford University Press

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A Mind and Its Time

The Development of Isaiah Berlin's Political Thought

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The Development of Isaiah Berlin's Political Thought

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Liberalism in Dark Times

The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century

By: Joshua L. Cherniss

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The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century

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Liberalism in Dark Times

Liberalism in Dark Times

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A Mind and Its Time

A Mind and Its Time

A Mind and Its Time

Liberalism in Dark Times

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