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Published in: Society 1/2021

06-04-2021 | Book Review

Adam Gopnik: A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism

Basic Books, 2019, 249 pp., ISBN: 978-1541699366

Author: Gorman Beauchamp

Published in: Society | Issue 1/2021

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A Thousand Small Sanities is a feel-good book for liberals. I’m a liberal, and I feel better for having read it. It may seem to be preaching mostly to the choir, but in this age, with liberals much maligned, the choir can use some bucking up, and so well made and reasonable are Gopnik’s arguments that even some doubters may be persuaded to sing along. …
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Title
Adam Gopnik: A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism
Basic Books, 2019, 249 pp., ISBN: 978-1541699366
Author
Gorman Beauchamp
Publication date
06-04-2021
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Society / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-021-00558-y

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