The Vital Center The Politics of Freedom
With a new introduction by the author The Vital Center is an eloquent and incisive defense of liberal democracy against its rivals to the left and to the right, communism and fascism. It shows how the failures of free society had led to the mass escape from freedom and sharpened the appeal of totalitarian solutions. It calls for a radical reconstruction of the democratic faith based on a realistic understanding of human limitation and frailty.
Political ScienceHistory & Theory
RELEASED1998
PUBLISHERTransaction Publishers
LENGTH274
LANGUAGEEN
American historian, social critic, and public intellectual (1917–2007)
The Vital Center The Politics of Freedom
With a new introduction by the author The Vital Center is an eloquent and incisive defense of liberal democracy against its rivals to the left and to the right, communism and fascism. It shows how the failures of free society had led to the mass escape from freedom and sharpened the appeal of totalitarian solutions. It calls for a radical reconstruction of the democratic faith based on a realistic understanding of human limitation and frailty.
Political ScienceHistory & Theory
RELEASED1998
PUBLISHERTransaction Publishers
LENGTH274
LANGUAGEEN
American historian, social critic, and public intellectual (1917–2007)
