NDPR Gabriele Badano and Alasia Nuti Politicizing Political Liberalism: On the Containment of Illiberal and Antidemocratic Views

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Gabriele Badano and Alasia Nuti, Politicizing Political Liberalism: On the Containment of Illiberal and Antidemocratic Views, Oxford University Press, 2024, 224pp., $100.00 (hbk) ISBN 9780192859310.

Reviewed by Manish Oza, University of Western Ontario

Right-wing populists are gaining support in liberal democracies around the world. In considering how to respond to the spread of illiberal and antidemocratic views, liberals might wonder whether there is any guidance to be drawn from the work of John Rawls, the dominant figure in contemporary liberal political philosophy. Some would think this unlikely. Critics of Rawls argue that his theory fails to grapple with the oppression and authoritarianism that pervade political reality, leaving out the role of power both in perpetuating injustice and in changing it.[1] This makes it unlikely that Rawls would have much to tell us about...