Alan Kahan: 2 books
Mind vs. Money
The War Between Intellectuals and Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
For the past 150 years, Western intellectuals have trumpeted contempt for capitalism and capitalists. They have written novels, plays, and manifestos to demonstrate the evils of the economic system in which they live. Dislike and contempt for the bourgeoisie, the middle classes, industry, and commerce...
Aristocratic Liberalism
The Social and Political Thought of Jacob Burckhardt, John Stuart Mill, and Alexis De Tocqueville
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
"Liberalism" is widely used to describe a variety of social and political ideas, but has been an especially difficult concept for historians and political scientists to define. Burckhardt, Mill, and Tocqueville define one type of liberal thought. They share an aristocratic liberalism marked...