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Biographical note
Domenico Losurdo is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Urbino, Italy. He is the author of many books in Italian, German, French and Spanish. In English he has published Hegel and the Freedom of Moderns, Heidegger and the Ideology of War, and Liberalism.A brilliant exercise in unmasking liberal pretensions, surveying over three centuries with magisterial command of the sources. (In praise of <i>Liberalism: A Counter-History</i>)
Financial Times
Stimulatingly uncovers the contradictions of an ideology that is much too self-righteously invoked. (In praise of <i>Liberalism: A Counter-History</i>)
- Pankaj Mishra, Guardian
A book of wide reference and real erudition. (In praise of <i>Liberalism: A Counter-History</i>)
Times Literary Supplement
The book is a historically grounded, very accessible critique of liberalism, complementing a growing literature critical of liberalism. (In praise of <i>Liberalism: A Counter-History</i>)
Choice
Losurdo's book, fruit of a continuous intertwining of historical investigations and philosophical reflections, not only constitutes a criticism of historical revisionism but also does not want to be just an invitation to look to the past to better understand the century behind us: it contains precious tools for criticising the war ideology that the West seems to want to reinstate today.
- Stefano G. Azzarà & Leonardo Pecoraro, International Critical Thought
War and Revolution: Rethinking the Twentieth Centuryis a relentless document. It is dense and disconcerting. This is precisely why it should be considered one of the most important history books written since [.] 9-11.
- Ron Jacobs, CounterPunch