Fighting for the good life

This from Prof Norm Geras (sort of) reworks the Sen quotation at the top of this blog:

"...there seem to be many citizens of liberal societies who can't imagine any serious threat to them, or that these societies may need to be fought for - literally. And that is a mistake. By now, not to be able to imagine it is merely turning your head away. Liberalism and secularism need the strength also of a fighting self-belief."