The Limits of Liberalism: Tradition, Individual. Mitchell, Mitchell,**

University of Notre Dame Press

The Limits of LiberalismTradition, Individualism, and the Crisis of Freedom\nAuthor(s): Mark T. Mitchell\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268104306, 978-0268104306\nSynopsis\nIn The Limits of Liberalism, Mark T. Mitchell argues that a rejection of tradition is both philosophically incoherent and politically harmful.\n\n The Limits of Liberalism identifies why most modern thinkers have denied the essential role of tradition and explains how tradition can be restored to its proper place. Mitchell demonstrates that the rejection of tradition as an epistemic necessity has produced a false conception of the human personthe liberal selfwhich in turn has produced a false conception of freedom. Together, these false conceptions have facilitated both liberal cosmopolitanism and identity politics.\n\n Mitchell uses the philosophies of Michael Oakeshott, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Michael Polanyi to .