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“Masked Liberalism” is a critique of Abdolkarim Soroush’s economic and political thought that revisits his views on industry, frugality, the free market, development, and the university to question his relationship with liberalism. The author argues that the persistence of some of Soroush’s positions from the 1980s to the present—particularly his critique of consumerism and technology and his emphasis on frugality—sits uneasily with the image of him as a liberal thinker.
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