Why Liberalism Failed
by Patrick J. Deneen · first published 2018
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Of 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 is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As 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 favor of privatism; and in its pursuit of individual autonomy
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You might find "Why Liberalism Failed" by Patrick Deneen interesting if you haven't read it already. He argues that modern liberalism is the inevitable successor to classical liberalism.
on “My YouTube Earnings” ↗You might want to look at "Why Liberalism Failed", specifically the chapter "The New Aristocracy." The section "Classical Liberalism: Roots of the New Aristocracy", summarizes the fundamental philosophy behind why a certain amount of inequality is…
on “How Europe crushes innovation” ↗No. I'm paraphrasing a comment from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Liberalism_Failed. (A very important book no matter what part of the political spectrum you are on; even if you disagree with the author's opinions. See Obama's quote in the above link.) The author is the kind of conservative…
on “I built physical album cards with NFC tags to teach my son music discovery” ↗…fanatical liberalism, though? How things have changed since this article was written. What is this "calm search for truth" they spoke of? :) relevant to this topic is a new, controversial book called, "Why Liberalism Failed": https://www.amazon.com/Why-Liberalism-Failed-Politics-Cultur... the author spoke with Russ Roberts on EconTalk this week:http://www.econtalk.org/patrick-deneen-on-why-liberalism-fai...
on “The Best Answer to Fanaticism—Liberalism (1951)” ↗…of our attention and hold over our appetites, are having harmful effects on many people. But it's interesting that you frame that harm as 'eroding liberty'. I've recently been reading a book called "Why Liberalism Failed" by Patrick Deneen, which also sees these two forces as working together to harm both the individual and society at large, but not by restricting our liberty so much as trading away other valuable social…
on “Aldous Huxley Foresaw America’s Pill-Popping Addiction” ↗> Barack Obama included Patrick Deneen’s “Why Liberalism Failed” (2018) in his annual list of recommended books; meanwhile, Vladimir Putin has gleefully pronounced liberalism “obsolete.” The right accuses liberals of promoting selfish individualism and crass materialism…
on “Liberalism According to The Economist” ↗"Why liberalism failed" by Patrick Deneen (listen to the latest econ talk for background: http://www.econtalk.org/patrick-deneen-on-why-liberalism-fai.... )
on “Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?” ↗