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Bezig met laden... Liberalism and Its Discontents (editie 2022)door Francis Fukuyama (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Written in 2021, this is a very wise and timely review of what liberalism is and preview of the troubles it's facing and in some cases provoking. The core idea of liberalism, that all people are created equal and should have the same rights and perhaps the same opportunities as well, is one that is bound to rub roughly against many real-world conditions, as Fukuyama explains. It's history has been and probably always be fairly messy. Is liberalism now under acute attack? It appears to be. Democracy is always an experiment in progress. But Fukuyama believes the American people will not accept unrestrained authoritarianism in government. I hope he's right. I found this book thought provoking. Several times I found myself arguing out loud with the author's take but I found that I agreed with most of what he said. But I want to gripe about something that this author tries to do. He tries to equate the "progressive left" and the "far right" and that just doesn't vibe with me. His take on the far right is bang on because it's a pretty easy movement to pin down. Capitalism, nationalism, and White Ethno State. But to lump progressives in with them as the opposite side of the spectrum seems dishonest. The idea that progressives are some authoritarian force is silly. Progressive politics are a response to real authoritarianism handed down by past generations and any attempts to paint them otherwise should be laughed out of the room. I'll admit that progressivism has used authoritarian style tactics against authoritarianism itself. Basically using the equivalent of using the enemy's weapon against them. Intolerance of intolerance is not technically intolerance, in my book. One point I found interesting was his observation that all the people who criticize Liberalism fail to bring a better way forward to the table. "Liberalism is the worst political ideology, except for all the other ones." The author stated that this is an example of why Liberalism maintains its hold on society. This again brings me back to progressive politics. PP are critiques, not denunciations. They are ways that Liberalism can put up or shut up. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Author has some insights & some historical knowledge but also some exaggeration, political bias & some generalization - as well as a few factual errors (e.g., Nixon won a landslide by a in '68 - it was 0.5%; England was a liberal society when the Industrial Revolution began - uhh- not in anyone's dreams). Of course, history did not end in 1997, either.
The author has a scholar's broad & deep knowledge of some areas but also the overreach that many experts have when opining outside their areas of expertise. Still, it is worth reading because of the depth & insights he does have ... but with one's eyes open. ( )