
2018
Hardcover
101-200 Pages
Educational Philosophy Textbooks
RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE
9789384067298
Reference
Aleph Book Company
English
India
Name : Twilight Falls on Liberalism
Author : RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE
Book Format : Hardcover
Genre : Reference
ISBN : 9789384067298
Language : English
Pages : 101-200 Pages
Publish Year : 2018
Publisher : Aleph Book Company
Sub Genre : Educational Philosophy Textbooks
Recent political developments across large parts of the globe have made it clear that liberalism is in crisis. Several political regimes and political leaders have little time and respect for liberal values but it is important to understand that in many cases they have been empowered by popular social attitudes that have turned against liberalism. In order to understand this phenomenon, Rudrangshu Mukherjee goes back to the origins of liberalism to understand its substantive ideas and lineage. He shows how liberalism, a western doctrine, flourished when western empires dominated much of the world. Ironically, while values like freedom, democracy and citizenship were nurtured in the west, they were denied to the people of the countries that had been colonized by western nations. Liberalism in the west thrived by being illiberal elsewhere. The contradictions within made liberalism vulnerable to attack. Totalitarian regimes swept it aside and other doctrines replaced it with increasing frequency. In the twenty-first century, in both the east as well as the west, liberalism appears to be fast disappearing. This important book tells us why.
Country of Origin : India
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