Hyper-capitalism and extreme identity politics are driving us to
distraction. Both destroy the basis of a common life shared across
ages and classes. The COVID-19 crisis could accelerate these
tendencies further, or it could herald something more hopeful: a
post-liberal moment. Adrian Pabst argues that now is the time for
an alternative - postliberalism - that is centred around trust,
dignity, and human relationships. Instead of reverting to the
destabilising inhumanity of 'just-in-time' free-market
globalisation, we could build a politics upon the sense of localism
and community spirit, the valuing of family, place and belonging,
which was a real theme of lockdown. We are not obliged to put up
with the restoration of a broken status quo that erodes trust,
undermines institutions and trashes our precious natural
environment. We could build a pluralist democracy, decentralise the
state, and promote embedded, mutualist markets. This bold book
shows that only a politics which fuses economic justice with social
solidarity and ecological balance can overcome our deep divisions
and save us from authoritarian backlash.
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