The Spirit of Liberalism
Mansfield, Harvey C. Jr.
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...Mansfield wants to restore liberalism to its former vigor, to defend liberal principles aggressively against the assault of those secular priests who arrogate authority and undermine liberty in order to pursue schemes of social justice--schemes they have persuaded I'RI"~ F.%.% $14.95 ISBN: 0-89141-017-1 Essential to an understanding of the situation in the Middle East today, NO VICTOR, NO VANQUISHED gives a detailed account of the Yom Kippur War-the Arab surprise attack, the massive Israeli retaliation, the battles and the behind-the-scenes political maneuvering...
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...The spirit of liberalism, Mansfield says, could benefit from an injection of what Plato calls thymos: "the spirit...responsible for our wish not to be ordered around by others...
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...This New York millionaire had to end his last affair because " 'she wasn't introducing me to any new ideas...and she wasn't earning any money either.' " But a more independent woman would probably be just as hard to live with: " 'When you're both creating your own busy schedules every day from the top down it' s almost impossible to interlock.' " Interlocking is no problem for Raleigh Jones: He and his girlfriend, Jenny, have been closely joined for six years--since adolescence...
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...With astounding frequency," Gittelson notes, "American men used the vocabulary of exhaustion, inadequacy, and defeat to describe the way they felt about themselves.'" Male ambition, responsibili' ty, andsexual drive are on the wane as men become prey to what Gittelson calls "gynecic longings" the wish to shed worldly obligation, theneed to nurture, the itch to ex ' periment with homosexuality, theurge to abandon regular work, the desire to cry...
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Vol. 12 • May 1979 • No. 5
