On the Critical Infrastructure of Liberal Democracy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Editorial 2
3. Contents 5
4. Update Liberalism. An Introduction 9
5. I Contemporary Liberalism of the 21^st Century
6. Democracy without Freedom 19
7. Globalisation and Democratic Regression 23
8. The Revenge of Emotions 29
9. Poison Cupboard or Treasure Chest? Why each Generation Needs its own Neoliberalism 37
10. Do We Need a New Liberalism of Fear? 43
11. “Move Forward to the Back”: The Illiberal Turn in East-Central Europe 51
12. Liberalism beyond Individualism and Capitalism 59
13. Freedom and Justice in a Double Pack: A Short Journey through the Liberal Intellectual History of Justice 65
14. Ecology and Freedom 73
15. II Liberal Answers to the Challenges of our Time
16. On the Critical Infrastructure of Liberal Democracy 81
17. Freedom in Times of the Pandemic 87
18. Liberalism versus Right-Wing Populism 93
19. Ownership for All! From Class Society to Property Society 99
20. Liberal Democracies versus Totalitarian Autocracies: European Responses to the Systemic Conflict 107
21. Global Migration and Cohesion of Diverse Societies 115
22. Smart Market Design for Sustainable Infrastructures 121
23. The Future of Free Trade 129
24. I Tweet, therefore I am? For a New Ethics of Digitalisation 135
25. Liberty Politics as Democracy Politics 143
26. A Civil Right to Further Education 151
27. Authors 157