Patrick Deneen on the Failure of Liberalism and the Importance of Relational Living

Patrick Deneen a professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and author of multiple books including the upcoming 'Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future'.

Patrick spoke about his childhood and the relationships built by a 'front porch' community culture, why liberalism has failed, and what a postliberal future looks like.

Read the full transcript here: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comm...

Purchase a copy of his book, Regime Change, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Regime-Chang...

CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
02:36 What is sacred to you? Patrick Deneen’s answer
10:28 Growing up Catholic and patriot: challenging conformism and the intellectual rediscovery of his faith
19:34 From Ayn Rand to McWilliams: an unexpected and transformative journey to academia
23:48 Rethinking the modern university and challenging research productivity in academia
31:01 The success of Liberalism: the state of nature, loneliness, and why communitarianism falls short
39:10 Recovering Aristotle, humans as political animals, and how politics is like table manners
45:17 The imperfection of politics and Postliberalism’s vision for a unifying framework
50:56 Means and ends: the quest for a blended society and the need for political pushback
59:10 Reflection and outro

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