Develops an original interpretation of liberalism and its legacyArgues that the most defensive version of liberalism is that which emphasises peaceful co--existence between different ways of lifeWritten by one of the leading political theorists today.
In Two Faces of Liberalism, John Gray argues that liberal thought has always contained two incompatible philosophies. In one, liberalism is a theory of a universal rational consensus, which enables the achievement of the best way of life for all humankind.