Kant, Liberalism, and the Meaning of Life - Hardcoverby Jeffrey Church (Author) In the wake of populist challenges throughout the past decade in the U. S. and Europe, liberalism has been described as elitist and out of touch, concerned with protecting and promoting material interests with an orientation that is pragmatic, legalistic, and technocratic. Simultaneously, liberal governments have become increasingly detached from the middle class and its moral needs for purpose and belonging. If liberalism