Counter-revolution : liberal Europe in retreat /
Jan Zielonka
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018
- (164 p.)
Bibliogr. p. 152-155
From revolution to counter-revolution -- Why they hate liberals -- Democratic malaise -- Socialism for the rich -- Geopolitics of fear -- Barbarians at the gate -- The rise and fall of the EU -- Peering into the future
Can open society survive? Is Europe disintegrating? How to overcome the economic crisis? Will Europeans feel secure again? Counter Revolution is a bold attempt to make sense of the extraordinary events taking place in Europe today. It examines the counter-revolution developing in Europe, exploring its roots and implications. The book takes the form of a series of heartfelt letters to the late European guru Ralf Dahrendorf. Several months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dahrendorf wrote a book fashioned on Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. Like Burke, he chose to put his analysis in the form of a letter, reflecting on the implications of the turbulent period around 1989...