The Limits of Liberalism: Tradition, Individualism, and the Crisis of Freedom

by Mark T. Mitchell

In The Limits of Liberalism, Mark T. Mitchell argues that a rejection of tradition is both philosophically incoherent and politically harmful. This false conception of tradition helps to facilitate both liberal cosmopolitanism and identity politics. The incoherencies are revealed through an investigation of the works of Michael Oakeshott, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Michael Polanyi.

Mitchell demonstrates that the rejection of tradition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268104298
• ISBN13: 9780268104290
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"