{"product_id":"how-we-became-postliberal-9781350322943","title":"How We Became PostLiberal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiberalism is in trouble. As a set of ideas, it has lost much of its historical authority in guiding public policy and personal behaviour. In this post-liberal climate, Russell Blackford asks whether liberalism is truly over.  \u003ci\u003eHow We Became Post-Liberal\u003c\/i\u003e examines how Western liberal democracies became nations where traditional liberal principles of toleration (religious and otherwise), individual liberty and freedom of speech are frequently dismissed as outdated or twisted to support conservative policies. Blackford traces the lineage of liberalism from problems of toleration that emerged when Christianity triumphed in the late centuries of classical antiquity, with comparison to non-Western civilizations. The political and philosophical story culminates in the recent development  over the past 30 to 50 years  of post-liberal ideologies in the West. At each stage, Blackford discusses arguments for and against liberal principles, identifying why no argument to date has been totall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface  Acknowledgements    Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e  1. Dimensions of Toleration  2. The Rise and Division of Christendom  3. From Toleration to Terror  4. The Long Nineteenth Century  5. Total War and Total Government  6. Liberalism Divided  7. The Making of a Post-Liberal Culture  8. The New Normal 9. A Philosophical Afterword \u003ci\u003e   Bibliography  Index\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738618966359,"sku":"9781350322943","price":23.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350322943.jpg?v=1720049677","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-we-became-postliberal-9781350322943","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}