Tuesday, September 01
Geneva, Switzerland
DACH Geneva Book Club - September 2026
Our September 2026 book is The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century by Helena Rosenblatt. From Princeton University Press:
In this timely and provocative book, Rosenblatt debunks the popular myth of liberalism as a uniquely Anglo-American tradition centered on individual rights. She shows that it was the French Revolution that gave birth to liberalism and Germans who transformed it. Only in the mid-twentieth century did the concept become widely known in the United States—and then, as now, its meaning was hotly debated. Liberals were originally moralists at heart. They believed in the power of religion to reform society, emphasized the sanctity of the family, and never spoke of rights without speaking of duties. It was only during the Cold War and America’s growing world hegemony that liberalism was refashioned into an American ideology focused so strongly on individual freedoms.
Please join us even if you haven't read the book!
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WHEN
Tuesday, September 01, 2026 at 06:30 PM Bern Time
CONTACT
Sam Carmalt
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