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The Collapse of Global Liberalism

And the Emergence of the Post Liberal World Order

Philip Pilkington

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English
Polity Press
30 May 2025
In the 1990s, a vision emerged of a frictionless world of globalization in which the West would become ever richer on the basis of a tech-based service economy, all underpinned by a rules-based liberal international order. It became the basis for the mainstream politics of centre-left and right.

Philip Pilkington argues that this vision was always delusional and is now dying. It is based on a doctrinaire and unrealistic form of liberalism and has given rise to hollowed-out financialised economies and disintegrating societies that can barely even reproduce their population or meet their energy needs. The US and UK find themselves ill-equipped to compete with China and other non-liberal states within an emerging post-liberal order in which what really matters is industrial capacity, realpolitik and military strength. Only by abandoning our liberal delusions and advancing our own brand of hard-headed post-liberalism can the West survive.

No clear-sighted observer of contemporary geopolitics can afford to miss this bracing diagnosis of the West’s malaise and bold agenda for renewal.

Also available as an audiobook.
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Imprint:   Polity Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 218mm,  Width: 142mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   408g
ISBN:   9781509566211
ISBN 10:   150956621X
Pages:   240
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Philip Pilkington is a macroeconomist and investment professional. He is the author of a book on economic theory, The Reformation in Economics and the co-host of the popular geopolitics podcast Multipolarity.

Reviews for The Collapse of Global Liberalism: And the Emergence of the Post Liberal World Order

""Philip Pilkington has written a bold, original and compelling book. It should be read by anyone wishing to understand the sources of our current political and cultural crisis, and to discern a better path forward – that is, it should be read by everyone."" Patrick J. Deneen, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame ""The Collapse of Global Liberalism is a ruthless dissection of liberalism's failings, and a compelling roadmap to the post-liberal world we already inhabit."" Aris Roussinos, contributing editor at UnHerd ""Illuminating... Pilkington moves with easy confidence across levels of analysis, from geopolitics to macroeconomics to birtrates to religion, producing a succinct and largely convincing portrait of what's happened and what's ending."" Peter Leithart, First Things ""Provocative... for readers willing to face it, the prognosis is bracing: Liberalism is not coming back, and what replaces it will depend on how prepared we are to live without its illusions."" World ""A foundation for a postliberal theory of international order... the liberals and non-liberals alike would be remiss to ignore."" Heather Penatzer, Compact ""Philip Pilkington provides a bold - and controversial - thesis on the fall of global liberalism."" Minxin Pei, Fusion


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