Putting history and theory to work, elaborating the arguments, responding
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About the Book
"Liberalism stands not only for the principle that we all have an equal right to freedom
but also for the hypothesis that this is a workable ideal."
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"Explaining his religious beliefs, John Dewey once wrote that he was
'skeptical about things in particular' but had 'faith in things in general.'
The liberal view of politics is analogous." From the Preface.
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"a profound and stirring call for liberals to reclaim the
idea of America's greatness as their own." Bill Moyers
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About the Author
“I straddle the worlds of social science and political journalism. ...
Most people in the academy develop a specialty and stick with it.
That has never been my pattern.” (more...)