What has become of liberalism in the twentieth century? What happens to American individuals confronted by the corporation and its forms of social organization? Why does liberalism look less flexible and more rigid, less capable of experimentation than was originally expected? The surprising answers to these and other troubling questions are traced in this major reinterpretation of contemporary American political thought. Lustig examines the assumptions, the conclusions, and the social implications of the theoretical outlook that has emerged in the United States in this century. Corporate liberalism describes the result, a cultural logic that shapes political ideas, institutions, and the society itself.