{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-liberal-the-story-of-liberalism-and-the-fight-for-its-life-9781912454419","title":"How To Be A Liberal: The Story of Liberalism and the Fight for its Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A tour de force.'\u003c\/strong\u003e -\u003cem\u003e THE SECRET BARRISTER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Clear-eyed and hard-headed. His defence of liberalism is political writing at its most urgent and engaging.'\u003c\/strong\u003e -\u003cem\u003e NICK COHEN, OBSERVER COLUMNIST\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Dunt's gift for making complicated issues comprehensible is second to none. Courageous.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eJAMES O'BRIEN, LBC\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNationalism has marched across the world. Wherever it goes, it seeks to destroy the liberal values that underpin Western civilisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this epic new book, political journalist Ian Dunt tells the forgotten story of the advance of liberalism and the events which led to its current retreat. His sweeping narrative takes in the Levellers, the American and French Revolutions, John Stuart Mill, the great economic clashes between John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek, and the works of George Orwell. He then traces how the financial crash, identity politics and post-truth have wreaked havoc on liberal values in some of the world's biggest countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together history, philosophy and polemic, How To Be A Liberal stretches from the dawn of the age of science to the latest developments in politics and everyday life. This wide-ranging and powerful account will answer all the questions you have about what's happening to our society and how we create a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Canbury Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912454419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ian Dunt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418820898997,"sku":"9781912454419","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_68f7aa56-79f1-4c17-b13e-f708d6c9e45e.jpg?v=1775570558","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/how-to-be-a-liberal-the-story-of-liberalism-and-the-fight-for-its-life-9781912454419","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}