Francisco Mejia Uribe explains why the rise of fundamentalism poses a problem for liberals, and suggests what they can do about it.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/110/Th ... Liberalism
The Paradox of Liberalism
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Scott Mayers
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Re: The Paradox of Liberalism
I think the problem occurs external to philosophy. It is about the nature of real people in the world who suffer economically which initiates another cycle of change.
Liberalism to Fundamentalism has cycled back and forth in all times. For any stage of liberalism, such a society is often doing relatively well in contrast to some previous stage. And while this some of the power to the nature of fundamentalism is also accepted through liberal means, only where there is great contrast between the have and have-nots is when the fundamentalism takes a strong form until it causes such conflict that it forces change in the political structures that favor one extreme or other.
Then this too gets overthrown when the society is again re-empowered in a more provisional environment that allows them to be liberal. So even if we consider this author's three suggestions to over-ride the paradox, we have to find a means to assure everyone within our given societies is economically balanced enough.
Liberalism to Fundamentalism has cycled back and forth in all times. For any stage of liberalism, such a society is often doing relatively well in contrast to some previous stage. And while this some of the power to the nature of fundamentalism is also accepted through liberal means, only where there is great contrast between the have and have-nots is when the fundamentalism takes a strong form until it causes such conflict that it forces change in the political structures that favor one extreme or other.
Then this too gets overthrown when the society is again re-empowered in a more provisional environment that allows them to be liberal. So even if we consider this author's three suggestions to over-ride the paradox, we have to find a means to assure everyone within our given societies is economically balanced enough.