Tag: Liberalism

Post-Liberalism Recovering a Shared World [Audiobook]


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English | August 27, 2019 | ASIN: B07WD5YSKZ | MP3@64 kbps | 7h 9m | 192.06 MB
Author: Fred Dallmayr
Narrator: Sean Runnette

Liberal democracy is the dominant political ideology in the West today. Taken at face value it suggests an equivalency between its two central components-liberalism and democracy – but as Fred Dallmayr argues here, the two operate in very different registers. The two frequently conflict, endangering our public life. This is evident in the rise of self-centered neo-liberalism as well as autocratic movements in our world today.

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The Political Christopher Nolan Liberalism and the Anglo-American Vision


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English | ISBN: 1666906190 | 2023 | 172 pages | EPUB, PDF | 305 KB + 1224 KB
Many of Christopher Nolan’s films ironically both embrace the tradition of surrealist and Avant-Garde filmmaking while simultaneously providing (at least tacit) support for the Anglo-American liberal world order. For Nolan, this world order, which relies on global capitalism, technocratic supremacy, and ultimate control of world cultural production, is a much greater alternative to either left- or right-wing challenges to this liberalism. In Nolan’s films, this liberalism must occasionally use violence and violate some of its core principals of privacy and freedom to maintain its dominance. Nonetheless, Anglo-American liberalism, in Nolan’s vision provides a world that is freer, more humane, and more prosperous than other anarchic, Marxist, or fascist alternatives. Finally, (and perhaps most importantly for Nolan) the security, wealth, and freedom of this liberal world order enables the world of art and film to blossom, and the opportunity for Christopher Nolan to create (post-) ironic dream worlds or, in the words of Jean Baudrillard, a "hyperreality".

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Liberalism and Colonial Violence


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English | ISBN: 1725252678 | 2023 | 260 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This book explores the aporias of liberal democracy, freedom, care, and justice-with the seemingly at-odds ideas of neoliberal fascism, racism, sexism, and other forms of violence. As Derrick Bell and others have argued that racism is inherent in US democracy, I examine the intertwined concepts of justice and freedom with fascist ideas that unsettle democratic practices of freedom and political equality. There is ongoing tension that uproots democratic practices driven by the very ideals of democracy itself. Freedom is acquired for one group while circumscribing it for others. In analyzing the troubling neoliberal fascist leanings of our times, I explore the origins of US liberalism to diagnose our current state of politico-theological abyss. In that regard, our own field of pastoral care needs to address its complicity in the current devolving situation of the neoliberal fascist ideologies in US society. Fascist and nationalist ideologies rely foremost on perpetuating mythic ideologies, masking reality, and controlling our epistemologies. In charting a new genealogy for spiritual care, I argue that the image of care as articulated by W. E. B. DuBois-one of Third World liberation that addresses the decoloniality of the entombed soul-should be the primary genealogy of spiritual care for our field today.

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Challenges in Classical Liberalism Debating the Policies of Today Versus Tomorrow


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English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 303 Pages | ISBN : 3031328892 | 8.5 MB
This book examines contemporary policy debates from opposing perspectives. It considers seven key topics in today’s society: land use, education, international trade, health insurance, technological change, and recreational alcohol and drugs. Two scholars with differing viewpoints discuss each topic, one working in the classical liberal tradition and the other advocating slower, incremental societal change. While classical liberalism historically presents a vision of society comprised of free and responsible individuals, this book shows the importance of considering the nuances of this vision today. Beyond theoretical regulation vs. de-regulation debates, the book highlights challenges for classical liberals by considering how dynamism and creative destruction may disrupt communities, leading to worse outcomes for some groups. This edited volume aims to deepen understanding of this challenge to a free society and partake in and encourage civil intellectual discourse and debate. It will interest students and scholars from various fields, including economics, political science, public health, and environmental studies.

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Post-Liberalism Recovering a Shared World [Audiobook]


Free Download Post-Liberalism: Recovering a Shared World (Audiobook)
English | August 27, 2019 | ASIN: B07WD5YSKZ | MP3@64 kbps | 7h 9m | 192.06 MB
Author: Fred Dallmayr
Narrator: Sean Runnette

Liberal democracy is the dominant political ideology in the West today. Taken at face value it suggests an equivalency between its two central components-liberalism and democracy – but as Fred Dallmayr argues here, the two operate in very different registers. The two frequently conflict, endangering our public life. This is evident in the rise of self-centered neo-liberalism as well as autocratic movements in our world today.

(more…)