02214cam a2200289 i 4500 551814935 TxAuBib 20220523120000.0 220111s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021059692 9780374606718 HRD 26.00 0374606714 HRD 26.00 TxAuBib rda Fukuyama, Francis. Liberalism and its discontents [BOOK] / Francis Fukuyama. First American edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022. xiv, 178 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Classical liberalism is in a state of crisis. Developed in the wake of Europe’s wars over religion and nationalism, liberalism is a system for governing diverse societies, which is grounded in fundamental principles of equality and the rule of law. It emphasizes the rights of individuals to pursue their own forms of happiness free from encroachment by government. It's no secret that liberalism didn't always live up to its own ideals. In America, many people were denied equality before the law. Who counted as full human beings worthy of universal rights was contested for centuries, and only recently has this circle expanded to include women, African Americans, LGBTQ+ people, and others. Conservatives complain that liberalism empties the common life of meaning. As the renowned political philosopher Francis Fukuyama shows in Liberalism and Its Discontents, the principles of liberalism have also, in recent decades, been pushed to new extremes by both the right and the left: neoliberals made a cult of economic freedom, and progressives focused on identity over human universality as central to their political vision. The result, Fukuyama argues, has been a fracturing of our civil society and an increasing peril to our democracy. Provided by publisher. 20220523. Liberalism. Right and left (Political science.)