{"product_id":"the-once-and-future-liberal-after-identity-politics-9780062697455","title":"The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of the most internationally admired political thinkers, a controversial polemic on the failures of identity politics and what comes next for the left -- in America and beyond.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the shocking results of the US election of 2016, public intellectuals across the globe offered theories and explanations, but few were met with such vitriol, panic, and debate as Mark Lilla's. \u003cem\u003eThe Once and Future Liberal \u003c\/em\u003eis a passionate plea to liberals to turn from the divisive politics of identity and develop a vision of the future that can persuade all citizens that they share a common destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDriven by a sincere desire to protect society's most vulnerable, the left has unwittingly balkanized the electorate, encouraged self-absorption rather than solidarity, and invested its energies in social movements rather than party politics. Identity-focused individualism has insidiously conspired with amoral economic individualism to shape an electorate with little sense of a shared future and near-contempt for the idea of the common good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow is the time to re-build a sense of common feeling and purpose, and a sense of duty to one another. A fiercely argued, important book, enlivened by acerbic wit and erudition, \u003cem\u003eThe Once and Future Liberal \u003c\/em\u003eis essential reading for our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLilla, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMark Lilla is Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and a prizewinning essayist for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e and other publications worldwide. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Stillborn God: Religion\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePolitics, and the Modern West\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50674639175954,"sku":"9780062697455","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3bd645b-2ae2-450e-9aad-3435d8c91ee5.jpg?v=1733863822","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-once-and-future-liberal-after-identity-politics-9780062697455","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}