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Saving Liberalism from Itself

A new book from Francis Fukuyama is a timely defense of liberalism.
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Francis Fukuyama. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto/Getty Images.)

The Crisis of Liberalism

Liberalism is in crisis. Its defenders, who see liberalism as a bulwark against tyranny, fear that illiberalism now threatens to overwhelm liberal democracy. Its critics, who say liberalism is a failure that erodes community and tradition, welcome a “post-liberal” order.

Today’s liberalism debate gives the false impression that this crisis is somehow new.

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