You actually have to fight in every generation, if you want to preserve liberalism. It's not just going to preserve itself. It's not just the end of history. It isn't just the final resting place of humanity - not by any stretch of the imagination. It's a continual struggle.
Robert Kagan
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Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for The Washington Post. He is the author of many books including most recently The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941 and Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again.
Key Highlights
- Introduction - 0:20
- Traditions of Liberalism and Antiliberalism - 3:04
- Antiliberalism as an Idea - 8:35
- Tension Within Ourselves - 21:25
- Future of Liberalism and Antiliberalism - 37:42
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Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again by Robert Kagan
The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941 by Robert Kagan
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