About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of postliberalism and its relationship with liberalism through various philosophical lenses.

On postliberalism, MacIntyre and Gray. How was the 1950s "end of ideology" (Bell, Lipset) different from the Fukuyaman 1990s "end of history"? Is John Gray correct in his characterisation of Alasdair MacIntyre as a prelapsarian? Does hyperliberal individualism lead to a search for meaning, and thus to communitarianism? Is the competition between liberalism and post-liberalism now our political spectrum? Is contemporary liberalism now reducible to professionalisation of the state and civil society? If liberalism has failed – a basic point of this podcast from the start – has post-liberalism now also failed? For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast Links: The End of History and the End of the End of History, Alasdair MacIntyre How to Save British Liberalism, John Gray, New Statesman What ever happened to post-liberalism, Nicolas D Villarreal, Substack /533/ Reading Club: Illiberalism?

People in this episode

Guest: Geoff Shullenberger

Topics covered

• postliberalism
• political spectrum
• liberalism vs post-liberalism
• meaning and communitarianism
• end of ideology
• end of history

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The End of History and the End of the End of History, How to Save British Liberalism

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