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Liberalism against Itself by Samuel Moyn
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it was ok
bookshelves: politics, non-fiction, stopped-reading

The pitch of the book seemed interesting: analyzing the failures of liberalism in the late twentieth century. However, the book doesn't actually do that. Instead, it ends up being a literature review of five writers who I've never heard of and have no context. I've never read Judith Shklar, and so had a tough time following.

The author of the book writes a lot about "cold war liberalism" but doesn't define it nor does a good job comparing it to other forms of liberalism.

If you're someone who has read all five authors mentioned in the book, you might be able to follow. If you haven't, you'll be confused. However, if you've already read all five authors then you probably don't need this last book to tell you what to think.
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Reading Progress

January 3, 2024 – Shelved as: to-read
January 3, 2024 – Shelved
February 9, 2024 – Started Reading
February 9, 2024 – Shelved as: politics
February 9, 2024 – Shelved as: non-fiction
February 15, 2024 – Shelved as: stopped-reading
February 15, 2024 – Finished Reading

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