Description
Although I disagree with the author on many of his points, I strongly recommend it. Gottfried's thesis is refreshingly novel, strongly advanced, and clearly presented. Whether one is interested in the future of the welfare state or family values, or the economic and social future of America, this is a book one wishes to read. -- Amitai Etzioni, author of "The New Golden Rule" This brilliant and disquieting book should reshape current debates and be essential reading for all who seek to understand them. -- Elizabeth Fox-Genovese This thoughtful work reflects the intellectual qualities of an erudite political philosopher whose knowledge of European political philosophy in the twentieth century is particularly impressive. -- John Lukacs
About the Author
Paul Edward Gottfried is Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College and author of, among other books, Carl Schmitt: Politics and Theory, The Search for Historical Meaning; and The Conservative Movement. Editor in chief of This World, he is also a senior editor of Telos and a contributing editor to Chronicles and Humanitas.
Reviews
"After Liberalism is no angry screed, but a dense, probing work full of insight from the author's seeming encyclopedic knowledge of Western thought."--World "The central fact of the nineteenth century was the emergence of the working class. The central fact of the twentieth century is the emergence of a managerial "New Class" elite, reshaping all modern democracies in its own interest. Gottfried's is a gold-standard analysis of this extraordinary phenomenon, heavily encrusted with sparkling jewels of intellectual history."--Peter Brimelow, Senior Editor, Forbes Magazine "Well-written, very learned, and informative."--Paul Seaton, Society
Book Information
ISBN 9780691089829
Author Paul Edward Gottfried
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 312g