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The fundamental assumption of contemporary liberal political philosophy

Asger Sorensen (Aarhus): Approaching Political Philosophy through the Critique of Liberalism. Samuel Arnold (TCU): Putting Liberty in its Place: High Liberalism Without the Liberalism. Matt Sleat (Sheffield): Realism, Liberalism and Non-Ideal Theory: or, Are There Two Ways to Do Realistic Political Theory. Fuat Gursozlu (Loyola): Political Liberalism and the Fate of Unreasonable People. Mats Volberg (York): Persons as Free and Equal: Examining the Fundamental Assumption of Contemporary Liberal Political Philosophy. Linda C. McClain (BU): Against Agnosticism: Why the Liberal State Isn't Just One (Authority) Among the Many. Enzo Rossi (Amsterdam): Is There Such a Thing as Liberalism? Wojciech Sadurski (Sydney): Legitimacy of Law in a Liberal State: The Contours of Public Reason. David Ellerman (UC-Riverside): Does Classical Liberalism Imply Democracy? Peter Ferguson (Melbourne): Prospects for a Post-Growth Liberal Society. Edward Hall (LSE): Contingency, Confidence and Liberalism in the Political Thought of Bernard Williams. We shouldn't forget liberalism's religious roots: David Marquand reviews Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism by Larry Siedentop and Liberalism: The Life of an Idea by Edmund Fawcett (and more). Edmund Fawcett on reclaiming liberalism: Liberalism is not dead — its ideals are more important than ever — but it must change radically to survive in the future. Robin L. West reviews When the State Speaks, What Should it Say? How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality by Corey Brettschneider and Ordered Liberty: Rights, Responsibilities, and Virtues by James E. Fleming and Linda C. McClain. From the forthcoming International Encyclopaedia of Social and Behavioural Sciences, here is the entry on Liberalism by Richard Bellamy. From the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Political Thought, here is the entry on liberty by John Filling. Abram M. Shulsky on liberalism’s beleaguered victory: Could it be that liberalism spawns counter-ideologies because of its very own nature?