Debating "Democracy's Discontent"
Published on 1. September 1998
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-19-829484-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this volume, some leading political and constitutional theorists come together to debate Michael Sandel's thesis that the United States is in the the grip of a flawed public philosophy - "procedural liberalism". Beginning with an stage-setting introduction by Ronald Beiner, and ending with a reply by Michael Sandel. Sandel's liberal and feminist critics square off with his communitarian and civic republican sympathizers in a lively and wide-ranging discussion spanning constitutional law, culture, and political economy. Practical, topical issues of immigration, gay marriage, federalism, adoption, abortion, corporate speech, militias, and economic disparity are debated alongside theories of civic virtue, citizenship, identity, and community.
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English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-19-829484-9 (9780198294849)
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Ronald Beiner, introduction - the quest for a Post-Liberal public philosophy; Part 1 Reviving Civic Virtue: Thomas L. Pangle, the retrieval of civic virtue - a critical appreciation of Sandel's democracy's discontent; Jeremy Waldron, virtue en mass; Philip Pettit, reworking Sandel's republicanism. Part 2 Toward an American Public Philosophy: William A. Galston, political economy and the politics of virtue - US public philosophy at century's end; Clifford Orwin, the encumbered American self; Mark Tushnet, a public philosophy for the professional-managerial class; Joan Williams, notes of a Jewish Episcopalian - gender as a language of class; religion as a dialect of liberalism. Part 3 Liberal Republicanism: Richard Rorty, a defense of minimalist liberalism; Richard Sennett, Michael Sandel and Richard Rorty - two models of the republic; Will Kymlicka, liberal egalitarianism and civic republicanism - friends or enemies?; Andrew W. Siegel, moral status and the status of morality in political liberalism; Bruce Frohnen, Sandel's Liberal Politics. Part 4 Living with Difference: Michael Waltzer, Michael Sandel's America; Amitai Etzioni, moral dialogues - a communitarian core element; Jean Bethke Elshtain and Christopher Beem, can this republic be saved?; William Connolly, civic republicanism and civic pluralism - the silent struggle of Michael Sandel; Charles Taylor, living with difference. Part 5 Law, Morals, and Private Lives: Mary Lyndon (Molly) Shanley, unencumbered individuals and embedded selves - reasons to resist dichotomous thinking in family law; James E. Fleming and Linda C. McClain, the right of privacy in Sandel's procedural republic; Robin West, gay marriage and liberal constitutionalism - two mistakes. Part 6 Self-Government and Democratic Discontent: Nancy L. Rosenblum, fusion republicanism; Milton C. Regan, Jr, corporate speech and civic virtue; Mark Tushnet, federalism as a cure for democracy's discontent? Part 7 A Reply to My Critics: Michael J. Sandel, a reply to my critics.