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Quarterly Essay 103

Time of Monsters - What future for liberalism?

Waleed Aly

Written by
Waleed Aly
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Waleed Aly
Length
4 hrs 10 min
Series
Quarterly Essays
Publisher
Audible Studios
Released
2026-09-15

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Politics & GovernmentPhilosophyIdeologies & DoctrinesConservatism & LiberalismSociety

What it is

In this wonderfully clarifying essay, Waleed Aly examines what happened to liberalism. As a set of ideas, it offered formal equality and guaranteed freedoms. But more and more, we live in a post-liberal world. Aly looks and how and why this has happened. He discusses what has taken liberalism's place as we tackle thorny questions of freedom of speech and equality of opportunity. And he examines the limits of liberalism, the rise of illiberal democracy and the new battles over identity. This is a supple and original essay about the forces transforming our politics.

About the series

Quarterly Essays in order →

Quarterly Essays — 78 books, showing the 24 around this one

  1. · Quarterly Essay 77: Cry Me a River: The Tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin4.0
  2. · Quarterly Essay 75: Men at Work: Australia's Parenthood Trap4.9
  3. · What's Right?: The Future of Conservatism in Australia4.0
  4. · Quarterly Essay 84: The Reckoning: How #MeToo Is Changing Australia4.6
  5. · Quarterly Essay 101: Blind Spot: Southeast Asia and Australia’s Future
  6. · Quarterly Essay 88: Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics4.3
  7. · Quarterly Essay 62: Firing Line: Australia and the Path to War4.0
  8. · American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama
  9. · Quarterly Essay 103: Time of Monsters - What future for liberalism?
  10. · After the Future: Australia's New Extinction Crisis4.5
  11. · The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World4.3
  12. · Quarterly Essay 43: Bad News: Murdoch's Australian and the Shaping of The Nation3.8
  13. · Quarterly Essay 76: Red Flag: Waking Up to China's Challenge4.7
  14. · Quarterly Essay 59: Faction Man: Bill Shorten’s Path to Power4.6
  15. · Quarterly Essay 99: Woodside vs The Planet: How a Company Captured a Country5.0
  16. · Quarterly Essay 100: The Good Fight: What Does Labor Stand For?5.0
  17. · Quarterly Essay 93: Bad Cop: Peter Dutton’s Strongman Politics
  18. · Quarterly Essay 66: The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock4.6
  19. · Quarterly Essay 90: Voice of Reason: On Recognition and Renewal5.0
  20. · Now or Never: A Sustainable Future for Australia?5.0
  21. · In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right3.7
  22. · Quarterly Essay 97: Losing It: Can We Stop Violence Against Women and Children
  23. · Voting for Jesus: Christianity and Politics in Australia4.3
  24. · Relaxed & Comfortable: The Liberal Party's Australia5.0

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