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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785975803321

Autore

Gaus Gerald F

Titolo

Contemporary theories of liberalism [[electronic resource] ] : public reason as a post-Enlightenment project / / Gerald F. Gaus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2003

ISBN

1-4462-2853-3

0-7619-6138-0

1-280-36972-8

9786610369720

1-4129-3211-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 240 p.) : ill

Collana

SAGE politics texts

Disciplina

320.513

Soggetti

Liberalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Summary of Contents; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Chapter 1 - Liberalism and Reason; Chapter 2 - Pluralistic Liberalism: Making Do Without Public Reason?; Chapter 3 - Hobbesian-inspired Liberalism: Public Reason Out of Individual Reason; Chapter 4 - Collective Reason: Deepening the Social Roots of Public Reason; Chapter 5 - Deliberative Democracy: Public Reason and Political Consensus; Chapter 6 - Political Democracy: Public Reason Through Aggregation; Chapter 7 - Rawls's Political Liberalism: Public Reason as the Domain of the Political

Chapter 8 - Justificatory Liberalism and Adjudicative Democracy: Public Reason and UmpiringIndex

Sommario/riassunto

In this text, Gerald F. Gaus provides students with a comprehensive overview of the key tenets of liberalism developed through Hobbes, Locke, Kant and Rawls to present day theories and debates.