Making Liberalism New: American Intellectuals, Modern Literature, and the Rewriting of a Political Tradition

by Ian Afflerbach

Book Overview

A revisionist history of American liberalism, from the Great Depression to the Cold War.

In Making Liberalism New, Ian Afflerbach traces the rise, revision, and fall of a modern liberalism in the United States, establishing this intellectual culture as distinct from classical predecessors as well as the neoliberalism that came to power by century's end. Drawing on a diverse archive that includes political philosophy, legal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421440911
• ISBN13: 9781421440910
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.2"