Liberalism at the Crossroads
An Introduction to Contemporary Liberal Political Theory and Its Critics
2nd Edition
Published on 4. August 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-7425-3271-7 (ISBN)
Description
Liberalism at the Crossroads offers succinct, accessible, and well-written surveys of the ideas of the leading participants in the contemporary philosophical debate about liberalism. Christopher Wolfe brings together analyses of leading liberal thinkers from across the spectrum as well as influential critics of liberalism, including John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin, Robert Nozick, Michael Sandel, Richard Rorty, Joseph Raz, and William Galston. For the second edition, each chapter has been thoroughly revised, and new chapters on Susan Moller Okin, Richard Posner, and John Finnis have been added to include representatives of liberal feminism, law and economics, and natural law. The result is an invaluable overview of contemporary political theory, ideal for both students and scholars.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7425-3271-7 (9780742532717)
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Persons
Christopher Wolfe is professor of political science at Marquette University, and president of the American Public Philosophy Institute. He is the author of The Rise of Modern Judicial Review, Judicial Activism, and editor (with Robert George) of Natural Law and Public Reason.
Content
Chapter 1 Preface to the Second Edition
Chapter 2 Introduction to the First Edition
Chapter 3 The Liberalism of John Rawls: A Brief Exposition
Chapter 4 The Egalitarian Liberalism of Ronald Dworkin
Chapter 5 The Hegemonic Liberalism of Susan Moller Okin
Chapter 6 Robert Nozick and the Foundations of Political Individualism
Chapter 7 Richard Posner: Pragmatist, Classical Liberal, and Legal Anti-Positivist
Chapter 8 Beyond the Procedural Republic: The Communitarian Liberalism of Michael Sandel
Chapter 9 Alasdair MacIntyre: Recovering the Rationality of Traditions
Chapter 10 Inescapably a Liberalist: Richard Rorty as Social Theorist
Chapter 11 The Unorthodox Liberalism of Joseph Raz
Chapter 12 William Galston's Defense of Liberalism: Forging Unity amid Diversity
Chapter 13 The New Natural Law Theory of John Finnis
Chapter 2 Introduction to the First Edition
Chapter 3 The Liberalism of John Rawls: A Brief Exposition
Chapter 4 The Egalitarian Liberalism of Ronald Dworkin
Chapter 5 The Hegemonic Liberalism of Susan Moller Okin
Chapter 6 Robert Nozick and the Foundations of Political Individualism
Chapter 7 Richard Posner: Pragmatist, Classical Liberal, and Legal Anti-Positivist
Chapter 8 Beyond the Procedural Republic: The Communitarian Liberalism of Michael Sandel
Chapter 9 Alasdair MacIntyre: Recovering the Rationality of Traditions
Chapter 10 Inescapably a Liberalist: Richard Rorty as Social Theorist
Chapter 11 The Unorthodox Liberalism of Joseph Raz
Chapter 12 William Galston's Defense of Liberalism: Forging Unity amid Diversity
Chapter 13 The New Natural Law Theory of John Finnis