The once and future liberal : after identity politics
Lilla, Mark (Pengarang)
Tersedia di:
Deskripsi
In The Once and Future Liberal, Mark Lilla offers an impassioned, tough-minded, and stinging look at the failure of American liberalism over the past two generations. Although there have been Democrats in the White House, and some notable policy achievements, for nearly 40 years the vision that Ronald Reagan offered—small government, lower taxes, and self-reliant individualism—has remained the country’s dominant political ideology. And the Democratic Party has offered no convincing competing vision in response. Instead, as Lilla argues, American liberalism fell under the spell of identity politics, with disastrous consequences. Driven originally by a sincere desire to protect the most vulnerable Americans, the left has now unwittingly balkanized the electorate, encouraged self-absorption rather than solidarity, and invested its energies in social movements rather than in party politics. With dire consequences. Lilla goes on to show how the left’s identity-focused individualism insidiously conspired with the amoral economic individualism of the Reaganite right to shape an electorate with little sense of a shared future and near-contempt for the idea of the common good. In the contest for the American imagination, liberals have abdicated. Now they have an opportunity to reset. The left is motivated, and the Republican Party, led by an unpredictable demagogue, is in ideological disarray. To seize this opportunity, Lilla insists, liberals must concentrate their efforts on recapturing our institutions by winning elections. The time for hectoring is over. It is time to reach out and start persuading people from every walk of life and in every region of the country that liberals will stand up for them. We must appeal to – but also help to rebuild – a sense of common feeling among Americans, and a sense of duty to each other. A fiercely-argued, no-nonsense book, enlivened by Lilla’s acerbic wit and erudition, The Once and Future Liberal is essential reading for our momentous times.
Ulasan
Buku Rekomendasi Lainnya
Voting technology : the not-so-simple act of casting a ballot
Herrnson, Paul S.
Presiden non muslim di negara muslim
SYARIF, Mujar Ibnu
Strategi belajar mengajar : Salah Satu Unsur Pelaksanaan Strategi belajar mengajar : Teknik Penyajian
ROESTIYAH N.K
Psikologi Umum Abu Ahmadi
AHMADI, Abu
The Power Of Belief
U. Adil Samadani (Pengarang)
Ten Ten: GO! GO! Fashion Designer
Glsongi ; Endah Nawang Novianti
KECERDASAN TIRUAN : Edisi Kedua
SISWANTO (Pengarang)
Segala masa lalu kita
Terrill, Cristin ; Maria Lubis ; Nadya Andwiani
Bahasa Indonesia pengembangan kepribadian di perguruan tinggi
-
Why do men fall asleep after sex : Ratusan pertanyaan yang berani anda tanyakan hanya ketika setengah sadar
-
The Japanese experience in technology : from transfer to self-reliance
Hayashi, Takeshi (Pengarang)
Angkatan '66 Prosa dan Puisi
Hans Bague Jassin (Pengarang)
Naskah kode etik politisi dan partai politik
Syamsuddin Haris (Pengarang) ; Ikrar Nusa Bhakti, (Penyunting) ; Moch. Nurhasim (Penyunting) ; Sri Nuryanti (Pengarang) ; Sri Yanuarti (Pengarang) ; Mardiyanto Wahyu Tryatmoko (Pengarang) ; Irene H. Gayatri (Pengarang) ; Indriana Kartini (Pengarang) ; Sarah Nuraini Siregar (Pengarang) ; Aisah Putri Budiarti (Pengarang)
Invisible women : exposing data bias in a world designed for men
Perez, Caroline Criado (Pengarang)