The anatomy of antiliberalism /
Stephen Holmes.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1993.
- xvi, 330 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-316) and index.
Introduction: What is Antiliberalism? Part I. The Antiliberals --Maistre and the Antiliberal Tradition --Schmitt: The Debility of Liberalism Strauss: Truths for Philosophers Alone --Maclntyre: The Antiliberal Catechism Anti-Prometheanism: The Case of Christopher --Lasch --Unger: Antiliberalism Unbound The Community Trap Part II. Misunderstanding the Liberal Past --Antiliberals as Historians of Liberal Thought --The "Atomization" of Society? ----Indifference toward the Common Good? --The Eclipse of Authority? The Public Realm Sacrificed to the Private? EconomicMan? The Selfishness of Rights?-- Moral Skepticism? --The Crimes of Reason? --Antonym Substitution
How has liberalism, the grand democratic ideal, come to be a dirty word? This book shows us what antiliberalism means in the modern world--where it comes from, whom it serves, and why it speaks with such a forceful, if ever changing, voice.