{"product_id":"why-liberalism-failed-by-patrick-j-deneen-9780300240023","title":"Why Liberalism Failed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHas liberalism failed because it has succeeded?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy Liberalism Failed\u003c\/em\u003e offers cogent insights into the loss of meaning and community that many in the West feel, issues that liberal democracies ignore at their own peril.\u003c\/strong\u003e —President Barack Obama\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeneen's book is valuable because it focuses on today's central issue. The important debates now are not about policy. They are about the basic values and structures of our social order.\u003c\/strong\u003e —David Brooks, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century—fascism, communism, and liberalism—only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism’s proponents tend to forget that it \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book, liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions: it trumpets equal rights while fostering incomparable material inequality; its legitimacy rests on consent, yet it discourages civic commitments in favour of privatism; and in its pursuit of individual autonomy, it has given rise to the most far-reaching, comprehensive state system in human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, Deneen offers an astringent warning that the centripetal forces now at work on our political culture are not superficial flaws but inherent features of a system whose success is generating its own failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46796942180588,"sku":"9780300240023","price":30.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24397973482294.jpg?v=1757118299","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/why-liberalism-failed-by-patrick-j-deneen-9780300240023","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}