David Walsh is professor of politics at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of The Priority of the Person and Politics of the Person as the Politics of Being.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Dimensions of the Problem 1. Crisis of Liberal Politics 2. Enduring Moral Authority 3. Utopian Forgetfulness of Depth Part 2. Historical Sources and Resources 4. Liberal Achievement of Order from Disorder 5. Struggle as a Source of Liberal Richness 6. Source of Liberal Appeal: Secular Christianity Part 3. Outline of a Renovation 7. Incompleteness of a Liberal Order 8. Meditative Expansion of Limits Notes Bibliography Index
"Walsh calls on us to immerse ourselves in this liberal tradition and to learn from it. It differs from the liberal thought of our century, for which liberty, having lost most of its intrinsic and constitutive appeal, serves mainly to promote economic growth, shield us from fearsome dictators, and free us to pursue our various conceptions of the good." -The Independent Review "On good liberal grounds alone, academic liberals should appreciate David Walsh's powerful new defense of liberalism. A valuable contribution to the increasingly edifying debate led by conservatives over liberalism's future, this book gently but firmly exposes the illusions that conceal from contemporary liberalism the source of the liberal spirit's formidable moral authority." -First Things