Liberalism at Large: Alexander Zevin and Tariq Ali
Thursday 21 November 2019, 7 p.m. · 57 minutes![](https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/storage/300_filter/images/5/1/2/3/533215-8-eng-GB/5db01c0f7fd04.jpg 300w, https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/storage/400_filter/images/5/1/2/3/533215-8-eng-GB/5db01c0f7fd04.jpg 400w, https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/storage/800_filter/images/5/1/2/3/533215-8-eng-GB/5db01c0f7fd04.jpg 800w, https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/storage/1200_filter/images/5/1/2/3/533215-8-eng-GB/5db01c0f7fd04.jpg 1200w)
Alexander Zevin's Liberalism at Large (Verso) is the first critical biography of the Economist newspaper, which, since 1843, has been the most tireless – and internationally influential – champion of the liberal cause anywhere in the world. But what exactly is liberalism, and how has its message evolved?
Zevin presents a history of liberalism on the move, confronting the challenges that classical doctrine left unresolved – the rise of democracy, the expansion of empire, the ascendancy of finance – holding a mirror to the politics and personalities that helped shape a liberal world order now under increasing strain.
Zevin was in conversation with Tariq Ali.
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