authors:
- Zielonka, Jan
content: 'An impassioned plea for liberals to look critically at liberalism''s responsibility
  for the current failures of western society. Given Hungary, Poland, Trump and Brexit,
  to mention just a few of the most recent disasters, it is clear that there is a
  problem. Zielonka drives home the thesis that liberals and liberalism to a large
  extent is to blame for these developments. Liberals cannot avoid looking critically
  at themselves. A reappraisal is required. I agree.


  However, I do not agree with every aspect of Zielonka''s analysis, but that is to
  be expected. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, his pointers towards a new liberalism are
  vague. The first step must be to realize that there is a problem. This book, and
  others, show that there is a global, or at least western, debate about these issues.
  I notice that Sweden, where I live, has nothing in this vein. This is a disaster
  in its own right.'
date: '2018-12-17'
edition:
  published: '2018'
  publisher: Oxford University Press
goodreads: '35925694'
html: '<p>An impassioned plea for liberals to look critically at liberalism''s responsibility
  for the current failures of western society. Given Hungary, Poland, Trump and Brexit,
  to mention just a few of the most recent disasters, it is clear that there is a
  problem. Zielonka drives home the thesis that liberals and liberalism to a large
  extent is to blame for these developments. Liberals cannot avoid looking critically
  at themselves. A reappraisal is required. I agree.</p>

  <p>However, I do not agree with every aspect of Zielonka''s analysis, but that is
  to be expected. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, his pointers towards a new liberalism are
  vague. The first step must be to realize that there is a problem. This book, and
  others, show that there is a global, or at least western, debate about these issues.
  I notice that Sweden, where I live, has nothing in this vein. This is a disaster
  in its own right.</p>

  '
isbn: '9780198806561'
language: en
lastmod: '2018-12-17'
path: /library/zielonka-2018.html
published: '2018'
rating: 3
reference: Zielonka 2018
reviewed: '2018-12-17'
subjects:
- history
- liberalism
- politics
title: 'Counter-Revolution: Liberal Europe in Retreat'
type: book
year: 2018