Patrick Deneen och den postliberala ordningen

Mer viktigt från USA: Patrick Deneen följer upp sin viktiga bok Why Liberalism Failed från 2018 med Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future, som ser ut som en lika viktig argumentation för vad som måste ersätta liberalismen, om väl än inte i allo tillräcklig. Så här presenteras den av förlaget:

“Classical liberalism promised to overthrow the old aristocracy, creating an order in which individuals could create their own identities and futures. To some extent it did – but it has also demolished the traditions and institutions that nourished ordinary people and created a new and exploitative ruling class. This class’s economic libertarianism, progressive values, and technocratic commitments have led them to rule for the benefit of the ‘few’ at the expense of the ‘many,’ precipitating our current political crises. In Regime Change, Patrick Deneen proposes a bold plan for replacing the liberal elite and the ideology that created and empowered them. Grass-roots populist efforts to destroy the ruling class altogether are naive; what’s needed is the strategic formation of a new elite devoted to a ‘pre-postmodern conservatism’ and aligned with the interest of the ‘many.’ Their top-down efforts to form a new governing philosophy, ethos, and class could transform our broken regime from one that serves only the so-called meritocrats. Drawing on the oldest lessons of the western tradition but recognizing the changed conditions that arise in liberal modernity, Deneen offers a roadmap for these changes, offering hope for progress after ‘progress’ and liberty after liberalism.”

På förlagets sida (länken ovan) kan man också lyssna till ett kort utdrag ur boken.

Tillsammans med den till Ungern kopplade politiske teoretikern Gladden Pappin, katolske filosofen Chad Pecknold och rättsfilosofen Adrian Vermeule driver Deneen också en viktig substack med namnet Postliberal Order, med tillhörande podd. De kan också följas på Twitter och Facebook.