History's Fools The Pursuit of Idealism and the Revenge of Politics
History's Fools The Pursuit of Idealism and the Revenge of Politics
- ISBN 13:
9780197510612
- ISBN 10:
0197510612
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/01/2020
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
David Martin Jones examines the progressive ideas behind liberal Western practice since the end of the twentieth century, at home and abroad. This mentality, he argues, took an excessively long view of the future and a short view of the past, abandoning politics in favour of ideas, and failing to address or understand rejection of liberal norms by non-Western 'others'. He explores the inevitable consequences of this liberal hubris: political and economic confusion, with the chaotic results we have seen. Finally, he advocates a return to more sceptical political thinking-- with prudent statecraft abroad, and defence of political order at home--in order to rescue the West from its widely advertised demise.
History's Fools is a timely account of the failed project to shape the world in the West's image, and an incisive call for a return to 'true' politics.