{"product_id":"liberalism-in-time-a-history-9780228026266","title":"Liberalism in Time: A History","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe are living through a crisis that casts doubt on the idea of progress, the defining trope of liberalism. The idea of progress as the achievement of liberalism developed over time, in relation to changing ideas about time. Understanding skepticism about progress requires us to ask questions about the relationship between liberalism, time, and history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a range of thinkers from John Locke to John Rawls, \u003ci\u003eLiberalism in Time\u003c\/i\u003e links the history of liberal thought with wider changes in theology, geology, archaeology, and biology. David Williams explores the diverse ways in which liberal thinkers have understood the relationship between liberalism and time, demonstrating that liberal patterns of thought are characterized by temporal paradoxes. Liberal thinkers ostensibly understand liberalism as situated within time and history, but they treat it as timeless when it is convenient. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReflecting on whether and how liberal thinking about time and history is suitable for the challenges liberalism now faces, \u003ci\u003eLiberalism in Time\u003c\/i\u003e shows how temporal paradoxes have characterized liberal patterns of thought throughout history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas #94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.9lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.07w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780228026266","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46761306914953,"sku":"9780228026266","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a26291ea-4631-426e-b881-0aef43acb249.jpg?v=1779164962","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/liberalism-in-time-a-history-9780228026266","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}