{"product_id":"counter-revolution-jan-zielonka-9780198806561","title":"Counter-Revolution: Liberal Europe in Retreat","description":"Is Europe disintegrating? Can open society survive? How to overcome the economic crisis? Will Europeans feel secure again? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e Counter Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold attempt to make sense of the extraordinary events taking place in Europe today. It examines the counter-revolution developing in Europe, exploring its roots and implications. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book takes the form of a series of heartfelt letters to the late European guru Ralf Dahrendorf. Several months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dahrendorf wrote a book fashioned on Edmund Burke's \u003cem\u003e Reflections on the Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e in France. Like Burke, he chose to put his analysis in the form of a letter, reflecting on the implications of the turbulent period around 1989. Thirty years' later, and faced with an equally turbulent period, Jan Zielonka asks: what next? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a book on populism, however: it is a book about liberalism. Populism has become a favourite topic within liberal circles and few have exposed populist deceptions and dangers better than liberal writers. Yet, liberals have shown themselves better at finger-pointing than at self-reflection. This book addresses the imbalance; it is a self-critical book by a life-time liberal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e Counter-Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e suggests that Europe and its liberal project need to be reinvented and recreated. There is no simple way back. Europe failed to adjust to enormous geopolitical, economic, and technological changes that swept the continent over the past three decades. European models of democracy, capitalism, and integration are not in sync with new complex networks of cities, bankers, terrorists, or migrants. Liberal values that made Europe thrive for many decades have been betrayed. The escalation of emotions, myths, and ordinary lies left little space for reason, deliberation, and conciliation. This book examines these different aspects, proposing a way out of the labyrinth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Zielonka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198806566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198806561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2018 pg. 84","brand":"Jan Zielonka","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43914244030719,"sku":"9780198806561","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2c143d13-5c30-44cc-a19f-b7649f2afbaf.jpg?v=1680641174","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/counter-revolution-jan-zielonka-9780198806561","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}