Liberalism and Its Discontents

Liberalism has never been so divisive. Neoliberals have made a cult of economic freedom, while leftists focus exclusively on identity politics. Today, many dismiss it as an obsolete doctrine. Fukuyama sets out the cases for and against its classical premises : observing the rule of law, independence of judges, means over ends and, most of all, equality of respect. The result is a brilliant defence of liberalism as the best hope for twenty-first-century democracy.