The Radical Critique of Liberalism [[electronic resource] ] : In Memory of a Vision

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910345151603321
• Autore: Nicolacopoulos Toula
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Melbourne, : re.press, 2008
• ISBN: 0-9806665-6-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Collana: Anamnesis
• Disciplina: 320.51
• Soggetti: Liberalism; Political science -- Philosophy; Liberalism - Philosophy; Political science; Law, Politics & Government; Human Rights; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Half Title Page; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Epigraph; Introduction; Part 1 - Political Philosophy and Radical Critique in the Liberal Age; 1 - Political Philosophy as Critical Understanding; 2 - What is it to Critique Liberalism?; 3 - Critical Reconstructionism as a Philosophical Methodology; 4 - The Critical Reconstruction of Liberalism; Part 2 - Liberalism as a Minimal Political Morality; 5 - Will Kymlicka: Liberalism and Foundational Ideas; 6 - Jeremy Waldron: Liberalism and Consensual Legitimation; 7 - Charles Larmore: Liberalism and Neutral Procedural DiscoursePart 3 - John Rawls' Political Liberalism; 8 - Political Liberalism as a Minimal Political Morality; 9 - Publicness and Privateness in the Deep Structure of Political Liberalism; 10 - The Relative Superiority of Political Liberalism; 11 - The Radical Critique of the Minimal Political Morality Approach; Conclusion - Liberal Theory in Epistemological Crisis; Bibliography; About the Author; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: There are many books about liberalism, but no defence of radical ; critique that treats liberal theory with the depth, breadth and intensity of this work. Rigorously examining Rawls, Waldron, Larmore and Kymlicka, the book demonstrates that an adequate appreciation of the deep structural ?aws of liberal theory presupposes the application of a critical philosophical methodology that has the power to reveal the systemic interconnections within and between the varieties of liberal inquiring practices.