Beyond Liberalism

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Patnaik's proposal provides a refreshing approach to post-Soviet Marxism, which often does not engage in the practical problems that face Marxist revolutions. Beyond Liberalism is a hopeful discourse in the 21st century. Patnaik provides a thought-provoking and necessary change in Marxist discourse. * Choice * [Beyond Liberalism] provides an excellent starting point for discussing the shape of an alternative society that would be a normative advance in world history. For this reason and many, many others, Patnaik's book warrants the strongest recommendation. * Cambridge Review of International Affairs * Beyond Liberalism by Prabhat Patnaik is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the underlying assumptions that seem to guide our world, be it in the realms of policy, economy or politics. * The Wire, India * Prabhat Patnaik's book, integrating perspectives from economics, philosophy, and politics, is a brilliant critique of the complicity of liberal doctrine with capitalism through its entire history: from its earliest formations in the seventeenth century through the extended period of European colonialism, the Keynesian caesura after the Second World War, down to the neoliberal period of globalized finance of our own time. -- Akeel Bilgrami, author of <i>Capital, Culture, and the Commons</i> Prabhat Patnaik skillfully combines empirical evidence and philosophical reasoning to make an engaging and insightful interdisciplinary critique of liberal doctrine, questioning its account of capitalism at its avowedly strongest point: its claim to embody and promote individual freedom. -- David Leopold, author of <i>The Young Karl Marx: German Philosophy, Modern Politics, and Human Flourishing</i> This book offers a deep analysis of the idea of individual freedom under capitalism. Patnaik first pursues this question through examining the works of major authors, including Locke, Smith, Keynes, and Marx. Within this framework, he then considers issues around colonialism, imperialism, socialism, and social democracy with insight and force. -- Robert Pollin, coauthor of <i>Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal</i>