Jonathan White
In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea
In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea
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The book "In the Long Run" by Jonathan White explores how politics has been shaped by shifting visions of the future, arguing that a political commitment to the long-term is necessary to safeguard democracy in the face of global challenges.
Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2024
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
The Financial Times is a highly perceptive, engaging, and somewhat startling publication. The Literary Review has praised it as a profound meditation on how and why democracy must keep its faith in the future, and the future must keep its faith in democracy. David Runciman, a renowned historian, argues that democracy is future-oriented and self-correcting, with today's problems being solved through tomorrow's elections. However, the biggest issues facing the modern world, such as climate collapse, pandemics, recession, and world war, seem to bring us to the edge of the irreversible.
In this eye-opening history of ideas, Jonathan White investigates how politics has long been directed by shifting visions of the future, from the birth of ideologies in the nineteenth century to Cold War secrecy and the excesses of the neoliberal age. As an inescapable sense of disaster defines our politics, White argues that a political commitment to the long-term may be the best way to safeguard democracy.
In the Long Run is a wide-ranging and sharply observed history of the future that urges us to make tomorrow new again. It explores how politics has been shaped by changing ideas about the future, from the birth of ideologies in the nineteenth century to the Cold War era and the excesses of the neoliberal age. White argues that a political commitment to the long-term is essential to safeguard democracy and create a better future for all.
The book is a must-read for anyone interested in politics, history, and the future of our world. It offers a thought-provoking analysis of the challenges we face and the opportunities we have to create a better future.
Weight: 470g
Dimension: 164 x 241 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800812307
Edition number: Main
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