The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition)W. W. Norton & Company, 2007 M10 17 - 304 pages “A work of tremendous originality and insight. ... Makes you see the world differently.”—Washington Post Translated into twenty languages ?The Future of Freedom ?is a modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, examining how democracy has changed our politics, economies, and social relations. Prescient in laying out the distinction between democracy and liberty, the book contains a new afterword on the United States's occupation of Iraq and a wide-ranging update of the book's themes. |
Contents
13 | |
A Brief History of Human Liberty | 29 |
The Twisted Path | 59 |
Illiberal Democracy | 89 |
The Islamic Exception | 119 |
Too Much of a Good Thing | 161 |
The Death of Authority | 199 |
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