The Challenge That We Face as We Have This Ideology of the Self Making Self

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The self is really m ultimately, i think, i think you are right to describe that we need these kinds of ets. We have largely disssembled the institutions that in a way served as the kind of training ground for those and if i don't put it this way, going back to something we were saying earlier, that the upper classes have largely been able, in some ways, to create new forms of those institutions. These institutions used to be a lot more galetarian. It used to be simply a part of the fabric of social life. And the kind of breakdowno has made it extremely difficult for people who are stru ing at the margins of our economy to do things

Political Scientist and author Patrick Deneen of the University of Notre Dame talks about his book Why Liberalism Failed with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. By liberalism, Deneen means the modern enterprise--the push for self-actualization free of the constraints of tradition, family, and religion that typifies modern culture. He argues that both the left and the right have empowered the state and reduced liberty. He argues for a smaller, more local, more artisanal economy and a return to the virtues of self-control and self-mastery.