This post is an essay by political scientist Francis Fukuyama about the challenges facing liberal democracy today from populisms of the left and right. The original appeared in the on-line journal, American Purpose, which he helped found. A large number of essays have emerged in recent years worrying about the future of liberal democracy, but … Continue reading Francis Fukuyama: Liberalism and Its Discontents
Category: Philosophy
Fukuyama — Liberalism and Its Discontents
This post is a brilliant essay by Francis Fukuyama, "Liberalism and Its Discontents." In it, he explores the problems facing liberal democracy today. As always, it is threatened by autocratic regimes around the world. But what's new since the fall of the Soviet Union is the threat from illiberal democracy, both at home and abroad, … Continue reading Fukuyama — Liberalism and Its Discontents
Alain de Botton: On Asking People What They ‘Do’?
This lovely essay explores the most common question that modernity prompts strangers to ask each other: What do you do? The author is the philosopher Alain de Botton, who explains that this question is freighted with moral judgment. In a meritocracy, what you do for a living is not only who you are; it's also … Continue reading Alain de Botton: On Asking People What They ‘Do’?