Gianna Englert

Aug 20, 2024 | americanaffairsjournal.org | Gregory Conti |Darrin M. McMahon |Alan S. Kahan |Gianna Englert

REVIEW ESSAYEquality: The History of an Elusive Ideaby Darrin M. McMahonBasic Books, 2023, 528 pagesFreedom from Fear: An Incomplete History of Liberalismby Alan S. KahanPrinceton University Press, 2023, 528 pagesDemocracy Tamed: French Liberalism and the Politics of Suffrageby Gianna EnglertOxford University Press, 2024, 224 pagesToday, many self-described liberals in the professions—including in my world of academic political philosophy—inhabit what the histo­rian Darrin M.