{"product_id":"what-was-liberalism-james-traub-9781541616851","title":"What Was Liberalism?: The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sweeping history of liberalism, from its earliest origins to its imperiled present and uncertain future\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonald Trump is the first American president to regard liberal values with open contempt. He has company: the leaders of Italy, Hungary, Poland, and Turkey, among others, are also avowed illiberals. What happened? Why did liberalism lose the support it once enjoyed? In \u003ci\u003eWhat Was Liberalism?, \u003c\/i\u003e James Traub returns to the origins of liberalism, in the aftermath of the American and French revolutions and in the works of such great thinkers as John Stuart Mill and Isaiah Berlin. \u003cbr\u003eAlthough the first liberals were deeply skeptical of majority rule, the liberal faith adapted, coming to encompass belief in not only individual rights and free markets, but also state action to provide basic goods. By the second half of the twentieth century, liberalism had become the national creed of the most powerful country in the world. But this consensus did not last. Liberalism is now widely regarded as an antiquated doctrine. \u003ci\u003eWhat Was LIberalism? \u003c\/i\u003ereviews the evolution of the liberal idea over more than two centuries for lessons on how it can rebuild its majoritarian foundations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Traub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541616855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541616851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2019","brand":"James Traub","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042371072255,"sku":"9781541616851","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_41febd8e-f1b0-431b-911a-c7c59a3e6f23.jpg?v=1684961120","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-was-liberalism-james-traub-9781541616851","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}