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    How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment
    How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment
    How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment
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    How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment

    Written by Matt Johnson

    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain

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    Christopher Hitchens was for many years considered one of the fiercest and most eloquent left-wing polemicists in the world. But on much of today's left, he's remembered as a defector, a warmonger, and a sellout-a supporter of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who traded his left-wing principles for neoconservatism after the September 11 attacks.

    In How Hitchens Can Save the Left, Matt Johnson argues that this easy narrative gets Hitchens exactly wrong. Hitchens was a lifelong champion of free inquiry, humanism, and universal liberal values. He was an internationalist who believed all people should have the liberty to speak and write openly, to be free of authoritarian domination, and to escape the arbitrary constraints of tribe, faith, and nation. He was a figure of the Enlightenment and a man of the left until the very end, and his example has never been more important.

    Across the democratic world, free speech, individual rights, and other basic liberal values are losing their power to inspire. Hitchens's case for universal Enlightenment principles won't just help genuine liberals mount a resistance to the emerging illiberal orthodoxies on the left and the right. It will also remind us how to think and speak fearlessly in defense of those principles.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateFeb 28, 2023
    ISBN9781696611817
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    Matt Johnson

    Matt Johnson, PhD is a speaker, researcher, and writer specializing in the application of psychology and neuroscience to marketing. He is the author of the best-selling consumer psychology book Blindsight, and a regular contributor to major news outlets including Psychology Today, Forbes, and BBC. As the co-founder of the neuromarketing firm Pop Neuro, he also consults with a wide range of brands, including as an expert-in-residence for Nike. He is a Professor of Psychology of Marketing and Hult International Business School, and an instructor at Harvard University's Division of Continuing Education. You can find more about his work and writing at mattjohnsonisme.com.

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