Articles – Page 8 – Gus diZerega

“Scale and Magnanimity in Liberal Theory, Reflections on Civic Liberalism”, in Critical Review, vol. 15, nos. 1-2, Winter-Spring 2003. 147-71

Posted on July 15, 2003August 11, 2020 by Gus

Thomas Spragens attempts to rebuild liberal theory, arguing realist, libertarian, egalitarian, and identity liberals all have valid insights, but develop them one- sidedly. Re-examining the work of 16th and 17th century liberals leads to a more balanced foundation. His often

“Liberalism, Democracy and the State: Reclaiming the Unity of Liberal Politics,” The Review of Politics, Fall, 2001.

Posted on September 15, 2001August 11, 2020 by Gus

The world we know is largely the institutional outcome of liberalism’s political triumph, first in the West and increasingly worldwide. Yet today liberal thought is deeply divided against itself and, in this division, often unable to comprehend a world in

“Market Non-neutrality: Systemic Bias in Spontaneous Orders,” Critical Review, 11: 1, 1997, 121-144

Posted on November 29, 1997August 11, 2020 by Gus

ABSTRACT: The market is sometimes thought to be a largely neutral means for coordinating
cooperation among strangers under complex conditions because it is, as Hayek noted, a
“spontaneous order. ” But in fact the market actively shapes the kinds of … Read more

“Unexpected Harmonies: Self-Organization in Liberal Modernity and Ecology” The Trumpeter, Journal of Ecosophy, 10:1, Winter 1993, 25-32.

Posted on July 15, 1993August 11, 2020 by Gus

Modern liberal thought has been consistently “Promethean” in its overall tenor, exalting the human at the expense of the nonhuman. Followers of the deep ecology movement, by contrast, present a radical challenge to Western Prometheanism, promising to reintegrate humanity into … Read more

“Elites and Democratic Theory: Insights from the Self-Organizing Model,” Review of Politics, June, 1991, 340-372.

Posted on July 15, 1991August 11, 2020 by Gus

The role of elites within democratic governments presents democratic theorists with one of their thorniest problems. On the one hand, democracies are based upon some type of political equality among citizens -an equality which must be politically significant. On the

“Democracy as a Spontaneous Order,” Critical Review, Spring, 1989, 206-240

Posted on July 29, 1989August 11, 2020 by Gus

Liberal democracy, science, and the market constitute Western modernity’s finest flowers. Each has transformed the world, and together they created a decisive break with all preceding societies. Today even cultures with no understanding of the principles underlying these institutions rhetorically