{"product_id":"post-liberalism-paperback-softback-9781509562206","title":"Post-Liberalism (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509562206","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePost-Liberalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatt Sleat (Author), Matt Sleat (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509562206, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 December 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.7 x 2 cm, 0.295 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Matt Sleat's \u003ci\u003ePost-Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e is desperately needed. It provides a dispassionate but engaged account of whether those seeking to overturn two and a half centuries of liberalism have coherent and compelling arguments, and whether their notion of a 'common good' would be good for the people. It should be widely read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Tucker, author of \u003ci\u003eGlobal Discord\u003c\/i\u003e and research fellow, Harvard Kennedy School\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePost-Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e is a rigorous and accessible inquiry into the post-liberal mindset. Sleat brilliantly shows that some post-liberals have no real quarrel with important strands of liberalism while others ignore these strands altogether in their zeal to destroy their main enemy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dyzenhaus, University of Toronto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Sleat is too deep and careful a thinker to rest with an easy win... What makes his book distinctive is its willingness to acknowledge the valid longing for community and higher ideals that motivates postliberalism — and to chastise liberals for failing to live up to these ideals.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"timely and necessary\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVic Duggan, \u003ci\u003eThe Irish\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Sleat shows – in devastating fashion, enhanced by how calmly it is delivered – both sides of this bizarre political coin are intellectually hopeless.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Sleat's] most valuable contribution is a challenge issued to liberals themselves: Stop hiding behind claims of neutrality that cannot bear scrutiny, and be willing to defend the actual vision of the good that liberalism advances... Once liberals admit that they too advance a substantive vision of the good, the honest debate can begin—both sides at last arguing about what really divides them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Things\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly readable\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChurch Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiberalism has long been the dominant ideology of the modern West. In recent years, however, post-liberalism has emerged as a central movement within the 'New Right' and a formidable intellectual challenge to the mainstream. Even American Vice-President J.D. Vance has described himself as part of the 'post-liberal right'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatt Sleat presents the first comprehensive and critical analysis of post-liberalism. Engaging with the work of key theorists such as Patrick Deneen and Adrian Vermeule, he explores the theological influences on the movement, as well as its affinities and tensions with related New Right projects like National Conservatism. Sleat argues that post-liberalism's politics of the common good rests on a mistaken diagnosis of our soical malaise. Its project, in turn, is not only incoherent and dangerous but likely achievable only through authoritarian and deeply coercive means. He also considers how liberals might respond to post-liberalism, and what its rise reveals about the future of conservative politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePost-Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential work for students and scholars of political science and philosophy, as well as anyone concerned with the forces reshaping western politics today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Post-Liberal Moment?\u003cbr\u003e1. (Mis)Representing Liberalism: The Post-Liberal Critique\u003cbr\u003e2. The Distinctiveness of Post-Liberalism\u003cbr\u003e3. Post-Liberalism as Common Good Conservatism: Patrick Deneen and the Question of Authoritarian Illiberalism\u003cbr\u003e4. Post-Liberalism as Common Good Constitutionalism: Adrian Vermeule and the Fantasies of Political Catholicism\u003cbr\u003e5. Freedom Rediscovered? Liberty in Conditions of Modernity\u003cbr\u003e6. The Prospects of Liberal Perfectionism\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Post-Liberalism and the Future of the Right\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453385666840,"sku":"9781509562206","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509562206.jpg?v=1785283669","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/post-liberalism-paperback-softback-9781509562206","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}