You are confusing liberalism with socialism. Liberalism - which in my opinion is best explained by J.S. Mill in his essay On Liberty - is not anti-religion at all. It merely strives for limitations in two things: the ability of others to coerce people into doing things they do not voluntarily want to do; and the ability of the state to limit people's ingenuity, so long as their actions are not harming others.
You have liberalism completely misrepresented here:
"Loss of personal identity through destruction of enduring and important personal affiliations, and of the distinctness, authority and autonomy of social constituents of identity such as religion, “gender,†and particular culture."
Rather, classical liberalism promotes personal identity. Only the state can do all of the things that you are blaming on liberalism.
Again, you are mislabeling socialism as liberalism. Liberalism does not have a negative view of religion (unless it is that religion is intellectually harmful). It is socialists that view religion as negative.
Remember, liberalism does not mean more government and less rights. It is exactly the opposite.
Please, for the sake of intellectual integrity, do not confuse such terms. Especially when they are of completely opposite meaning: i.e. socialism v. liberalism.
Thoughts on the tyranny of liberalism
You are confusing liberalism with socialism. Liberalism - which in my opinion is best explained by J.S. Mill in his essay On Liberty - is not anti-religion at all. It merely strives for limitations in two things: the ability of others to coerce people into doing things they do not voluntarily want to do; and the ability of the state to limit people's ingenuity, so long as their actions are not harming others.
You have liberalism completely misrepresented here:
"Loss of personal identity through destruction of enduring and important personal affiliations, and of the distinctness, authority and autonomy of social constituents of identity such as religion, “gender,†and particular culture."
Rather, classical liberalism promotes personal identity. Only the state can do all of the things that you are blaming on liberalism.
Again, you are mislabeling socialism as liberalism. Liberalism does not have a negative view of religion (unless it is that religion is intellectually harmful). It is socialists that view religion as negative.
Remember, liberalism does not mean more government and less rights. It is exactly the opposite.
Please, for the sake of intellectual integrity, do not confuse such terms. Especially when they are of completely opposite meaning: i.e. socialism v. liberalism.