There is a broader point to be made here about Lindsey’s book—and about Philip Slater’s. Only one economic, political, and epistemological tradition generates (or for that matter tolerates) intense, introspective criticism of itself. That tradition, of course, is the liberal one. Is Lindsey’s hoped-for spiritual movement likely? Probably no more than Slater’s now forgotten “new culture.” Yet both writers put their finger on real problems, push liberals to confront real failings, and seek to stretch the liberal imagination. And both remind us that liberalism’s secret weapon is its capacity for constructive self-criticism—something its competitors can never replicate. | deafguy55

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