What Is Liberal Socialism? by Matt McManus - ISBN: 9781917516419
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Reclaiming liberal socialism: hope for a tumultuous 21st century.
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What Is Liberal Socialism?

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    160 pages

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    18 August 2026

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Summary

Liberal Socialism investigates the radical tradition of liberal socialism and makes a case for its relevance in a Trumpian era.

Liberalism and socialism have long been understood as mortal enemies, but both developed out of the Enlightenment and are committed to the importance of reason, freedom, and flourishing for all. In What is Liberal Socialism? Matt McManus, Florian Maiwald and Paul Crider make the case for retrieving a long-forgotten tradition of liberal socialist thou…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781917516419
ISBN-10:191751641X
Author:Matt McManus
Publisher:Watkins Media Limited
Imprint:Repeater Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:18 August 2026
Weight:369g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm
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Critics Review

“Matt McManus is one of the sharpest young writers and thinkers on the contemporary socialist Left… No one who wants to think carefully and deeply about these questions should be skipping his writings on “liberal socialism”.”
– Ben Burgis

What Is Liberal Socialism? is the most serious and provocative case for liberal socialism available today.”
– Aaron Ross Powell, host of ReImagining Liberty

About The Author

Matt McManus

Matthew McManus is a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is a frequent contributor to Jacobin and Damage magazines and the author of The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism amongst other works.

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