Liberalism
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Liberalism by Domenico Losurdo
In this definitive historical investigation of the formation of liberalism from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Domenico Losurdo overturns complacent and self-congratulatory accounts by showing that, from its very origins, liberalism and its main thinkers-Locke,Burke, Tocqueville, Constant, Bentham, Sieyes and others-have been bound up with the defense of the thoroughly illiberal policies of slavery,colonialism, genocide, racism and elitism. Losurdo probes the inner contradictions of liberalism, also focusing on minority currents that moved to more radical positions, and provides an authoritative account of the relationship between the domestic and colonial spheres in the constitution of a liberal order.
Liberalism is far too serious to be left in the hands of the liberalsA" Il Giornale The latest, original work by Domenico Losurdo, a philosopher-historian of great lucidity, author of always innovative books - travels through and analyzes the dark, deep and often malodorous side of liberalism.A" La Stampa Vast historical research recommended for the depth of the 'excavation' and for the wealth of new material that emerges.A" Il Sole 24 Ore There is always something to learn from books by Domenico Losurdo. And [this book] is no exception, for the outstanding knowledge of modern and contemporary political thought, the rigorous philology and the pursuit of sources that have been forgotten or expunged.A" Il Corriere della Sera
Domenico Losurdo is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Urbino, Italy. He is the author of many books in Italian, German, French and Spanish. In English he has published Hegel and the Freedom of Moderns and Heidegger and the Ideology of War.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844676934 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844676935 |
| Title | Liberalism |
| Author | Domenico Losurdo |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2011-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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