How to Be a Liberal

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'Required reading for anyone interested in politics and philosophy'</strong><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - Prospect magazine</em></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>How To Be A Liberal</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a bracing beautifully written history of liberalism - and a practical defence of liberal democracy in an era of nationalism culture wars and post‑truth politics.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Political journalist Ian Dunt (author of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>How Westminster Works</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and co‑presenter of the </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Origin Stories</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> podcast) takes you from the scientific revolution to the present day tracing how the idea of individual freedom became the most radical programme in modern politics. Along the way you'll meet rebels philosophers campaigners and iconoclasts - and see why liberalism still matters to anyone who cares about human rights reason and a plural society.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Dunt begins where our current crisis starts: the rise of nationalism and its seductive simplifications - attacks on institutions diversity and even the possibility of objective truth. He shows how liberalism answers those pressures: by insisting that people are individuals before they are tribes by defending free enquiry and evidence and by protecting the space each person needs to live love and think as they choose.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Inside you'll find:</strong></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A compelling narrative history of liberal thought-from Descartes and the birth of modern reason through revolutionary arguments about rights and consent to the debates that shaped the modern world.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A clear explanation of liberalism's core principles: individual liberty equal rights democratic restraint and the institutions that keep power accountable.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A modern guide to today's conflicts-identity politics anti‑truth and the new nationalism-and what a renewed radical liberalism could look like.</span></li></ul><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Whether you're a student of political philosophy a reader of the history of ideas or simply looking for a sharper way to understand liberalism and liberal democracy </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>How To Be A Liberal</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is an essential hopeful book: a reminder that freedom is not a slogan but a practice-and that it begins with the individual.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><u>Reviews</u></strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'A tour de force; a mighty trumpet blast for the forces of liberalism and enlightenment</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.' - </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Secret Barrister</em></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'This is a history of ideas as it should be written - brilliant vivid storytelling</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.' - Caroline Lucas MP</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'Required reading for today's political debates.'</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- Anne Applebaum Twilight of Democracy</em></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Buy the book and start reading</em></strong></p><p></p>