21 November, 2011 // Category:
In the second of a two-part review of Domenico Losurdo's Liberalism: A Counter-History (Verso 2011), Ed Rooksby challenges Lorsudo's central contention that liberalism is defined by a logic of exclusion and develops a rival account of the nature of liberal ideology. ***** Losurdo’s argument...
18 November, 2011 // Category: History, Philosophy and Theory, Politics
In the first of a two-part review, political theorist Ed Rooksy examines the original perspective on the liberal tradition set out by Italian philosopher Domenico Losurdo in Liberalism: A Counter-History (Verso 2011). His critique of Losurdo and rival account of the nature of liberalism are...
22 July, 2011 // Category: Gender equality, Politics, Racism
‘Blue Labour’ is in serious trouble – perhaps even dead in the water. In a remarkably ill-judged interview with the Daily Telegraph, the faction’s most prominent intellectual and organisational driving force, Lord Glasman, emphatically pushed a button marked ‘self-destruct’ – calling...
13 January, 2011 // Category: Philosophy and Theory
In declaring its endorsement for the Liberal Democrats ahead of the May 2010 General Election, The Guardian proclaimed the arrival of a “Liberal moment” in British Politics. In a way, this turned out to be correct. The failure of David Cameron’s Conservatives to win what must be seen, by any...
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