Liberalism against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times
By Samuel Moyn
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By Samuel Moyn
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The Cold War roots of liberalism’s present crisis
“[A] daring new book.”—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post
“A fascinating and combative intellectual history.”—Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these problems, the ideals of the Enlightenment, including e...
“[A] daring new book.”—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post
“A fascinating and combative intellectual history.”—Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these problems, the ideals of the Enlightenment, including e...


