The Tyranny of Opinion: Conformity and the Future of Liberalism

by Russell Blackford

Book Overview

We live in an age of ideology, propaganda, and tribalism. Political conformity is enforced from many sides; the insidious social control that John Stuart Mill called "the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling." Liberal or left-minded people are often more afraid of each other than of their conservative or right wing opponents. Social media and call-out-culture makes it easier to name, shame, ostracize and harass non-conformists, and destroys...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350056006
• ISBN13: 9781350056008
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"