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Walzer’s Paradox
The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions by michael walzer yale, 192 pages, $26 Michael Walzer’s name is associated with the summons to undertake social criticism that...
Illiberal Liberalism
Is Democracy Possible Here? Principles for a New Political Debate by Ronald Dworkin Princeton University Press, 192 pages, $19.95 In November 1996, First Things ran a symposium called “The...
Return to Reason
Stephen Toulmin’s Return to Reason provides an occasion to reflect on the remarkable fact that our faith in reason is currently on the decline—and that our professors are taking...
Saving Liberalism’s Soul
The Growth of the Liberal Soul by david walsh university of missouri press, $33.20 On good liberal grounds alone, academic liberals should appreciate David Walsh’s powerful new defense of...
The Styles of Modern Politics
The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Scepticism by michael oakeshott, edited by timothy fuller yale university press, 139 pages, $25 In his Editor’s Introduction, Timothy Fuller informs...
