Talking of liberal elites, Tzvetan Todorov's book, Imperfect Garden, has been published in English for the first time. I'm a big fan of Todorov so I'll be investing in a copy of thi. I'm especially interested in what he has to say regarding existential individualism which I've been attracted to for some time but which he dismisses in favour of liberal humanism.

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7253.html