By intertwining autobiography and conceptual critique, Geuss underlines the idea that in order to gain a critical perspective on liberalism, it is necessary to become almost bilingual: able to speak the language of liberalism while also becoming fluent in the vocabulary of its critique.--George Hoare "Times Literary Supplement" (7/15/2022 12:00:00 AM)

Fascinating...Not Thinking like a Liberal deserves to be a classic. It is at once relatable and profound, humane and auspicious. In his best moments, Geuss offers his own life as a challenge to readers to think differently and more imaginatively.--Matt McManus "Jacobin" (11/30/2022 12:00:00 AM)

Geuss's bleak philosophical anthropology, or his broad, skeptical account of human powers and interests that is aimed at challenging the hubris of abstract theorizers, is compelling. His account of the unusual formation of his own intellectual and political sensibility is both moving and illuminating.--Richard Eldridge "Los Angeles Review of Books" (12/11/2022 12:00:00 AM)

Over the past few decades, Raymond Guess has cultivated a reputation as one of the left's most iconoclastic and individual thinkers. As a result, Not Thinking like a Liberal provides a timely autobiographical account of Guess' intellectual development, sketching out his discomfort with the idea of liberalism and how his history and his thinking have converged...It is the ideal introduction to Geuss' thought.--Theo Stone "Marx & Philosophy Review of Books" (3/7/2023 12:00:00 AM)

Over the past few years, Raymond Geuss has attained striking mastery in positioning himself within current political philosophy by reviewing autobiographically the stations of his own intellectual development. In this new book, the talent this sort of writing needs undoubtedly hits its peak: by recollecting his upbringing in a small Catholic boarding school and his encounters with a few ingenious philosophers, Geuss eloquently and pointedly sums up the canon of aversions he has developed over the years to prevent him from becoming a liberal and persevering instead with the viewpoint of an estranged participant. There is more to learn about ethics, politics, and philosophy from