The Great Awakening: A Libertarian Interpretation

Admittedly, it is not easy to recognize a turning point in history when it is unfolding right before your eyes, when you are a contemporary witness of events. It is far easier to label affairs as turning points in hindsight. And that is why what is happening around the world right now—I call it the “Great Awakening,” or “The New Enlightenment”—is likely difficult for many of us to fully grasp and comprehend in its consequences.

Peter Fenwick is an octogenarian libertarian who has written