The constitutive unity of liberalism

It's an indisputable fact, according to Jean-Claude Michéa: economic and political liberalism are the two sides of a single «liberal logic» that is at the root of our modern societies. Dive into The Empire of the Lesser Evil.

«Liberalism is more than just one thing. Upon closer examination, it appears to be divided into a variety of related—but sometimes competing—visions.» Even the prestigious Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy acknowledges that it is difficult to unite all liberal schools of thought under a single unifying principle. The question therefore remains: Is it possible, beyond the multiplicity of schools of thought and liberal authors throughout history, to find a unifying thread among them other than their shared label?

Jean-Claude Michéa, a French philosopher and critic of liberalism born in 1950, believes he can answer this question in the affirmative