James Traub has spent the last forty years as a journalist for American's leading publications, including the New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine. He now teaches foreign policy and intellectual history at New York University and at NYU Abu Dhabi, and is a columnist and contributor at Foreign Policy. He is the author of six previous books on foreign and domestic affairs. His most recent work is John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit. He lives in New York City.
"What Was Liberalism? provides a concise guide to both the origins
and current travails of the most important idea of our time, one
that is being threatened by populists and authoritarians today
around the world. It is both sympathetic about liberalism's virtues
and clear-eyed as to its limitations, showing us a way forward out
of the present crisis."--Francis Fukuyama
"In this remarkable tour de force, James Traub traces the roots of
the idea of liberalism with such nuance and depth that even those
steeped in political philosophy will gain insight--still more those
of us who simply care about basic concepts of governance. This is
an invaluable guide to the crisis that now afflicts the
West."--John Sexton, President Emeritus of New York University
"No post-mortem, James Traub's urgent book accounts for what
liberalism has been, why it stumbled, and why it must revive. Much
as in the 1930s, assaults on liberal politics from the right and
the left practically define our low, dishonest time. Traub joins a
rising tide of writers, citizens, and political leaders who are
reclaiming the rich, soulful, and indispensable liberal
tradition."--Sean Wilentz
"Traub's is the most muscular of these [liberalism-is-dying] books
in tracing liberalism's evolution."--New York Times Book Review
"Writing in elegant, aphoristic prose, Traub's trenchant analysis
takes populist discontents seriously.... The result is a
clear-eyed, timely discussion that illuminates both liberalism's
humanity and its hubris." --Publishers Weekly
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