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From Basel to Brooklyn: Liberal Cultural Pessimism in Burckhardt, Röpke, and the American Neoconservatives

Author : Alan S. Kahan

Published in: Wilhelm Röpke (1899–1966)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Kahan argues that cultural pessimism has always been a characteristic of some strands of liberal thought and that therefore Wilhelm Röpke’s cultural pessimism does not mean that he was a conservative. Liberal cultural pessimism can be found in both anti-modernist and modernist forms. Jacob Burckhardt and Röpke share an anti-modernist liberal cultural pessimism, whereas the American neoconservative Irving Kristol is an example of a modernist liberal cultural pessimism. Even though many liberals have been optimists, optimism has never been a requirement for liberalism.

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Metadata
Title
From Basel to Brooklyn: Liberal Cultural Pessimism in Burckhardt, Röpke, and the American Neoconservatives
Author
Alan S. Kahan
Copyright Year
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68357-7_10