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LIBERALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS
₨ 2,795A TIMES BEST PHILOSOPHY & IDEAS BOOK OF 2022 A defence of liberalism by the renowned political philosopher We need more thinkers as wise as Fukuyama digging their fingers into the soil of our predicament The New York Times A brilliantly acute summary of the way some aspects of liberal thought have consumed themselves Guardian One of the West s most interesting public intellectuals Times Hard to think of a better case for liberal centrism FT Liberalism – the comparatively mild-mannered sibling to the more ardent camps of nationalism and socialism – has never been so divisive as today. From Putin s populism, the Trump administration and autocratic rulers in democracies the world over, it has both thrived and failed under identity politics, authoritarianism, social media and a weakened free press the world over. Since its inception following the post-Reformation wars, liberalism has come under attack from conservatives and progressives alike, and today is dismissed by many as an obsolete doctrine . In this brilliant and concise exposition, Francis 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, tolerance. Pithy, to the point, and ever pertinent, this is political dissection at its very best.
AUTHOR:FRANCIS FUKUYAMA
ISBN: 9781800810143
ISBN: 9781800810143
Publisher: PROFILE BOOKS
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THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ORDER
₨ 3,145Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries?with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.
Francis Fukuyama, author of the bestselling The End of History and the Last Man and one of our most important political thinkers, provides a sweeping account of how today’s basic political institutions developed. The first of a major two-volume work, The Origins of Political Order begins with politics among our primate ancestors and follows the story through the emergence of tribal societies, the growth of the first modern state in China, the beginning of the rule of law in India and the Middle East, and the development of political accountability in Europe up until the eve of the French Revolution.
Drawing on a vast body of knowledge, history, evolutionary biology, archaeology, and economics, Fukuyama has produced a brilliant, provocative work that offers fresh insights on the origins of democratic societies and raises essential questions about the nature of politics and its discontents.
Author: FRANCIS FUKUYAMA
ISBN: 9780374533229
ISBN: 9780374533229
Publisher: FARRAR
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POLITICAL ORDER AND POLITICAL DECAY
₨ 3,295
ISBN: 9780374535629
Publisher: FARRAR
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