The Illiberal Liberals, 9781587314414
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Liberalism’s past thinkers clash with today’s progressives, revealing its complex challenges.
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The Illiberal Liberals

An Appeal from the Old to the New Liberals

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    294 pages

  • Release Date

    20 July 2026

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Summary

An esteemed contributor to the discussion of political liberalism and its limited promises, Zbigniew Janowski identifies four key players––Jefferson, Humboldt, Constant, and Mill–– of liberal thought and draws important discussions from each of these profiles. His exposition reveals how complicated an undertaking it is to define liberalism and all it comprises. But one must do so in order to test the viability of liberalism in a postmodern world that does not wish to necessarily break with th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781587314414
ISBN-10:158731441X
Author:Zbigniew Janowski
Publisher:St Augustine's Press
Imprint:St Augustine's Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:294
Release Date:20 July 2026
Weight:454g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
About The Author

Zbigniew Janowski

Zbigniew Janowski received his M.A. from The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, and his PhD from The Committee on Social Thought at The University of Chicago.

He is the author of:

  • Cartesian Theodicy
  • Augustinian-Cartesian Index
  • How to Read Descartes’ Mediations
  • (with Catherine O’Neil) Agamemnon’s Tomb

He is also the editor of:

  • Leszek Kołakowski’s The Two Eyes of Spinoza and Other Essays on Philosophers
  • My Correct Views on Everything
  • John Stuart Mill’s writings On Democracy, Freedom and Government & Other Selected Writings

He is a member of Centre d’Etudes Cartésienne, Université de Paris-IV-Sorbonne.

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