Roots of modern woes
This is a fascinating book for anyone trying to diagnose our society. The word ‘liberalism’ in the title is a bit misleading: the author means individual personal freedom, which has emerged as the highest good of our society since the Enlightenment.
Nigel Halliday, Liss, Hants
WHY LIBERALISM FAILED
By Patrick Deneen
Yale University Press. 256 pages. £12.99
ISBN 978 0 300 240 023