Explores such topics as the classical liberal tradition, postmodernism's challenge to the American 'Enlightenment', the civil rights era, the influence of twentieth-century radicals on American liberalism, the 1950s, tolerance, the cold war, and whether liberalism should have a large and aggressive vision.
"Here, finally, the collection we've been waiting for-thoughtful and lively essays on the relevance of liberalism for this new century, by some of its keenest observers."-Robert B. Reich, Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
