A Reckoning is a landmark book written by the two pre-eminent intellectuals Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes. This book analyzes the crisis of liberalism and examines why the Western political balance after the Cold War has been thrown off.
Ivan Krastev, known for his work at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna and as a columnist for the International New York Times, brings together his insights with those of Stephen Holmes, Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. Together, they offer an in-depth political psychology behind the rise of populism and xenophobia in Europe and the West.
Description
This landmark book explores why the end of the Cold War did not prove to be the end of history, but rather the beginning of an Age of Imitation. Krastev and Holmes explain how the pressure to Westernize after 1989 led to resentment and political imbalance, and how the Trump revolution further illustrates this development. The book highlights the complex relationship between Eastern and Western Europe and what this means for contemporary geopolitics.
Product specifications
- Author: Ivan Krastev, Stephen Holmes
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Binding: B-format paperback
- Publication date: 2020-04-30
- Number of pages: 256
- ISBN: 9780141988108
- Theme: Geopolitics
- BISAC: POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
About the authors
Ivan Krastev is a fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna and a columnist for the International New York Times. Stephen Holmes is Professor of Law at NYU School of Law with numerous publications on liberalism.