Walter Lippmann: An Intellectual Biography
He coined stereotype and the Cold War, argued the public could not govern itself, and shaped American liberalism for fifty years. His questions have returned.
Arnold-Forster reconstructs the intellectual life of a columnist who shaped American liberalism for half a century, coined stereotype and the Cold War, and concluded that the public could not govern itself. The questions about expertise and democratic competence looked settled for decades and have become urgent again, which is what makes the reconstruction timely.
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Tyler Cowen
With so many forms of liberalism in semi-collapse, Lippmann is suddenly relevant again. He had faith in experts, and also was not crazy. But somehow is not deep enough to hold my interest? Still, this book is very well done.
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