Description:
In a soaring narrative that stretches from the English Civil War to the rise of new nationalism, British journalist Ian Dunt tells the epic story of personal freedom and why it's vital.
Brief description: About the AuthorIan Dunt is a columnist with the I newspaper and presents the Origin Story and Oh God, What Now? podcasts. His first book, Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now? (Canbury Press, 2017) on Britain's departure from the European Union was a bestseller. In How Westminster Works (And Why It Doesn't) he looked at the UK politics.In How To Be A Liberal (Canbury, 2020) he tells the story of our personal freedom. Drawing on history, politics and economics, he argues for a radical, egalitarian liberalism that nurtures both individuals and us all.
Review Quotes:
'A tour de force; a mighty trumpet blast for the forces of liberalism and enlightenment in the face of a global tide of ignorance and populism' - THE SECRET BARRISTER
'This is a history of ideas as it should be written - brilliant, vivid story-telling about the people who shaped liberalism, the challenges it has faced over the centuries, its commitment to the truth and why it's now more important than ever to defend it' - CAROLINE LUCAS MP
'Dunt's gift for making complicated issues comprehensible is second to none. Courageous' - JAMES O'BRIEN, LBC
'How To Be A Liberal is required reading for today's political debates' - ANNE APPLEBAUM, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY
'Clear-eyed and hard-headed. His defence of liberalism is political writing at its most urgent and engaging' - NICK COHEN, OBSERVER COLUMNIST
'A phenomenal history from a truly big mind' - DAVID SCHNEIDER, THE DEATH OF STALIN
'When in the course of human events it falls on us to resist, this makes a welcome guidebook' - KIRKUS
'He describes liberalism as "an enormous, boisterous, confounding bloody thing," and writes passionately in its favour, as a counterweight to ignorance and populism. This book is required reading for anyone interested in politics and philosophy' - PROSPECT
'All of Ian Dunt's How to be a Liberal is essential reading, but the chapter on Harriet Taylor and John Stuart Mill is blistering, eye-opening stuff' - Shakespeare & Company bookstore, https: //twitter.com/Shakespeare_Co/status/1332266783303151617