Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0415135532, Paperback)

Post-Liberalism gives post-liberal theory a definitive content. John Gray considers particular thinkers in the history of political thought, criticizes conventional wisdom--both liberal and socialist--of the Western academic class, and outlines what remains of value in liberalism. His argument states that we should not regret the failure of foundationalist liberalism, since we have all we need in the historic inheritance of the institutions of civil society. He argues that attention should be focused on the practice of liberty that these institutions encompass, rather than on