Regime Change by Patrick J Deneen

Regime Change by Patrick J Deneen

From Notre Dame professor and author of Why Liberalism Failed comes a provocative call for replacing the tyranny of the self-serving liberal elite with conservative leaders aligned with the interests of the working class

Classical liberalism promised to overthrow the old aristocracy, creating an order in which individuals could create their own identities and futures. To some extent it did--but it has also demolished the traditions and institutions that nourished ordinary people and created a new and exploitative ruling class. This class's economic libertarianism, progressive values, and technocratic commitments have led them to rule for the benefit of the "few" at the expense of the "many," precipitating our current political crises.
 
In Regime Change, Patrick Deneen proposes a bold plan for replacing the liberal elite and the ideology that created and empowered them. Grass-roots populist efforts to destroy the ruling class altogether are naive; what's needed is the strategic formation of a new elite devoted to a "pre-postmodern conservatism" and aligned with the interest of the "many." Their top-down efforts to form a new governing philosophy, ethos, and class could transform our broken regime from one that serves only the so-called meritocrats.
 
Drawing on the oldest lessons of the western tradition but recognizing the changed conditions that arise in liberal modernity, Deneen offers a roadmap for these changes, offering hope for progress after "progress" and liberty after liberalism.

Patrick Deneen is an Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University and the first Markos and Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Chair of Hellenic Studies. He has also served as a professor at Princeton University. He is the author of The Odyssey of Political Thought as well as several papers on ancient and modern political theory.

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ISBN 13	9780593086902
ISBN 10	0593086902
Title	Regime Change
Author	Patrick J Deneen
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2023-06-06
Number of pages	256
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