The Collapse of Global Liberalism
€66.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781509566211 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Pilkington |
| Publisher | Polity Press |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.418 |
| Publishing Date | 30/05/2025 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €63.11 |
| Tax | €3.79 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €66.90 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
In the 1990s, a vision emerged of a frictionless world of globalization in which the West would become ever richer on the basis of a tech-based service economy, all underpinned by a rules-based liberal international order. It became the basis for the mainstream politics of centre-left and right. Philip Pilkington argues that this vision was always delusional and is now dying. It is based on a doctrinaire and unrealistic form of liberalism and has given rise to hollowed-out financialised economies and disintegrating societies that can barely even reproduce their population or meet their energy needs. The US and UK find themselves ill-equipped to compete with China and other non-liberal states within an emerging post-liberal order in which what really matters is industrial capacity, realpolitik and military strength. Only by abandoning our liberal delusions and advancing our own brand of hard-headed post-liberalism can the West survive. No clear-sighted observer of contemporary geopolitics can afford to miss this bracing diagnosis of the West’s malaise and bold agenda for renewal. Also available as an audiobook.