Liberal modernity and its adversaries : freedom, liberalism and anti-liberalism in the 21st century / by Milan Zafirovski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zafirovski, Milan, 1958-

Series:

Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 10.

Studies in critical social sciences, 1573-4234 ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism.

Social history--21st century.

Social history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (589 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a book about modern liberal society and its adversaries. The book rediscovers and rehabilitates much maligned, especially in America, liberalism as the ideal system of liberty in relation to anti-liberalism as one of un-freedom. It rediscovers liberal modernity as a free, equal and just social system and time, thus most compatible with and enhancing of human civilization ushering in the 21st century. It exposes anti-liberal adversaries, especially conservatism, as ideologies and systems most inappropriate with and destructive of civilization. The book rediscovers liberal modernity as the master process and destination of Western civilization, and its anti-liberal adversaries, notably conservatism, as the ghosts of a dead past. The anti-liberal rumors of the ‘death’ of liberalism are ‘greatly exaggerated’.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Zafirovski

Chapter One. Introduction / Zafirovski

Chapter Two. Liberal society and modernity: Ideals and institutions of liberalism / Zafirovski

Chapter Three. Social factors and effects of liberalism / Zafirovski

Chapter Four. Types of liberalism / Zafirovski

Chapter Five. Liberal democracy: Political liberalism / Zafirovski

Chapter Six. Liberal civil society and culture: Socio-cultural liberalism / Zafirovski

Chapter Seven. Conclusion / Zafirovski

References / Zafirovski

Index / Zafirovski.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-569) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-93604-9

9786611936044

90-474-2069-1

OCLC:

646789927

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004160521.i-579 DOI