Contradiction in Postulates

E. v. KUEHNELT-LEDDIHN

Liberal Democracy (Doubleday, $3.00) is a very nice little book by an Italian professor, Massimo Salvadori, who has found a haven in the United States. It is, we are sure, going to delight the vast majority of its readers, who are certain that in a synthesis of (true) liberalism and democracy the basic cure for the ills of this world has been found. Such notions are especially comforting to most Americans, and their confirmation by visiting or immigrating Europeans is always welcome. Yet the more discerning reader, with a sense for the tragic inner contradictions of the contemporary political scene, might be disappointed by the conclusions of this author, whose genuine liberalism in the political and economic sphere cannot be doubted.

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E. v. KUEHNELT-LEDDIHN

Liberal Democracy (Doubleday, $3.00) is a very nice little book by an Italian professor, Massimo Salvadori, who has found a haven in the United States. It is, we are sure, going to delight the vast majority of its readers, who are certain that in a synthesis of (true) liberalism and democracy the basic cure for the ills of this world has been found. Such notions are especially comforting to most Americans, and their confirmation by visiting or immigrating Europeans is always welcome. Yet the more discerning reader, with a sense for the tragic inner contradictions of the contemporary political scene, might be disappointed by the conclusions of this author, whose genuine liberalism in the political and economic sphere cannot be doubted.