Description: "An account of liberalism for our time, one that draws on the fundamentals of the liberal tradition, but that makes liberalism real and new, and attuned to contemporary problems and divisions"-- Provided by publisher.
Review Quotes: "A stirring intellectual defense of liberalism from its critics across the political spectrum."
--Politico
--Foreign Affairs "Sunstein has written a new book, called On Liberalism, which is a defense of the idea of liberalism at a time when Sunstein believes it is under threat from both the right and the left. The book barely mentions Donald Trump or contemporary politics, however, and instead provides a defense of a general liberal belief system, which Sunstein breaks down into eighty-five features. Sunstein's conception of liberalism is quite capacious; it includes New Deal liberals and so-called classical liberals, including Friedrich von Hayek and Robert Nozick, as well as politicians such as Ronald Reagan."
--The New Yorker "The words of Sunstein--a specialist in constitutional law, administrative law, and behavioural economics who is one of the most widely cited legal scholars and advised Presidents Obama and Biden--will be of high interest to readers across the political spectrum...This book is highly recommended for readers to better understand the philosophical ideals that compete in the United States."
--Library Journal "Cass Sunstein has written what may be the most lucid and unembarrassed defense of liberalism in recent memory. On Liberalism is at once a philosophical meditation, a political testament, and a quiet act of intellectual recovery. In an age when the word 'liberal' is either wielded as an accusation or whispered with apology, Sunstein offers something rare: a confident, humane, and historically informed affirmation that liberalism remains the best moral and political framework we have."
--The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics