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Biographical note
Patrick J. Deneen is Professor of Political Science and Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He has previously taught at Princeton University and Georgetown University.<p>'Deneen does more than show how our present ruling class has declared war on beauty, tradition, and the social institutions that make life worth living; he <strong>articulates a vision for a populist politics that can rebuild what has been torn down</strong>' - JD Vance, United States Senator</p>
<p>'<em>Regime Change</em> offers <strong>a sober assessment of where we are</strong>, and <strong>a way forward that will challenge </strong>ideologues on all sides of the political maelstrom' - Mary Harrington</p>
<p>'In <em>Regime Change</em>, Patrick Deneen <strong>expertly points us beyond the opposition between a feckless populism and a rapacious elite</strong>, toward a vision of shared purpose, mutual obligation, and truly common goods. Along the way, he reaffirms his status as <strong>the West's most important political theorist</strong>' - Sohrab Ahmari, founder and editor of <em>Compact</em> and author of <em>Tyranny, Inc.</em></p>
<p>'A brilliant and clarifying success, identifying a set of mechanisms by which a post-liberal order might come into being. Here, as in <em>Why Liberalism Failed</em>, Deneen’s views will become the fixed center around which the debate revolves' - Adrian Vermeule, Ralph S. Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School</p>
<p>'This creative and courageous book takes us to the core of the American impasse. Deneen’s Common Good conservatism is a gallant effort to preserve crucial aspects of our desiccated democratic tradition' - Cornel West, Union Theological Seminary</p>
<p>‘Deneen writes <strong>a fluent, fiery prose </strong>that mixes moral exhortation, anti-liberal polemic and philosophical critique … Deneen’s to-do list includes fresh ideas that <strong>deserve attention from anyone — liberal or not — appalled by political gridlock, economic inequality and social neglec</strong>t’ - Edmund Fawcett, <em>Financial Times</em></p>
ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHERS PROMISED THAT SWEEPING AWAY THE OLD ARISTOCRACY AND TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS WOULD LIBERATE US.
To some extent it did – but it also undermined the things that nourished ordinary people: family, marriage, religion and local community. In Regime Change, Patrick Deneen examines the western tradition and argues that we must use the neglected resources of our philosophical heritage to construct a better way forward. Drawing on thinkers ranging from Aristotle and Machiavelli to Burke and Disraeli, Deneen develops a postliberal alternative.
This iconoclastic book challenges the easy assumptions of left and right. It is a blueprint for the radical changes we need to negotiate the paradoxes of the 21st century, while remaining alive to the wisdom of the past.
‘Regime Change offers a sober assessment of where we are and a way forward that will challenge ideologues on all sides of the political maelstrom’ — MARY HARRINGTON, author of Feminism Against Progress
‘Articulates a vision for a populist politics that can rebuild what has been torn down’ — J. D. VANCE, United States Senator and author of Hillbilly Elegy