Liberalism as Responsibility: The Political Thought of Leonidas Donskis

This book offers the first comprehensive reconstruction of Leonidas Donskis’ political thought, revealing a distinctive liberalism grounded in an embrace of mutual vulnerability, moral responsibility, and human connection against the backdrop of the vicissitudes of modernity. Tracing Donskis’ insights on existential insecurity, hatred and conspiratorial thinking, populism, and the abuses of power, the book aims to uncover a recipe for recovering democracy as a moral order. By foregrounding ...