Liberalism in Dark Times : The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century /

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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cherniss, Joshua L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Liberalism > Moral and ethical aspects.
Liberalism > Philosophy > History > 20th century.
PHILOSOPHY / Political.
Abbreviation.
Activism.
Albert Camus.
Ambiguity.
Ambivalence.
Anti-communism.
Asceticism.
Authoritarianism.
Awareness.
Capitalism.
Certainty.
Cold War liberal.
Colonialism.
Communism.
Comrade.
Conscience.
Consequentialism.
Criticism.
Critique.
Cynicism (contemporary).
Cynicism (philosophy).
Deliberation.
Demagogue.
Democracy.
Despotism.
Ethics.
Ethos.
Extremism.
Fanaticism.
Generosity.
Good and evil.
Greatness.
Hatred.
Hostility.
Humility.
Hypocrisy.
Ideology.
Individualism.
Institution.
Intellectual.
Isaiah Berlin.
Jean-Paul Sartre.
Left-wing politics.
Liberal democracy.
Liberalism.
Machiavellianism.
Marxism.
Monism.
Moral absolutism.
Moral imperative.
Moral psychology.
Morality.
Nazism.
Nonviolence.
Nonviolent resistance.
Obstacle.
Opportunism.
Optimism.
Pacifism.
Pessimism.
Philosophy of history.
Philosophy.
Political efficacy.
Political ethics.
Political freedom.
Political philosophy.
Political science.
Political spectrum.
Politician.
Politics.
Power politics.
Pragmatism.
Radicalism (historical).
Rationality.
Raymond Aron.
Realism (international relations).
Realpolitik.
Reason.
Reformism.
Reinhold Niebuhr.
Relativism.
Rhetoric.
Right-wing politics.
Romanticism.
Ruler.
Self-interest.
Self-righteousness.
Sensibility.
Sentimentality.
Skepticism.
Superiority (short story).
Terrorism.
The Other Hand.
Theory.
Toleration.
Totalitarianism.
Uncertainty.
Utopia.
World War I.
Writing.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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