Reasoning With Who We Are: Democratic Theory For a Not So Liberal Era
Book Details
Author(s)Redhead, Mark
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN / ASIN1442227079
ISBN-139781442227071
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Sales Rank2,806,743
CategoryPhilosophy
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Public reasoning, a manner of democratic deliberation that can generate meaningful conceptions of justice, the collective good, and other unifying political values among individuals subscribing to varied and contrasting doctrines, has been a perennial concern among political philosophers from historical thinkers such as Immanuel Kant to contemporary theorists like John Rawls and Jurgen Habermas. In this ambitious study, Mark Redhead explores versions of public reasoning in the works of six of the most important voices in contemporary political theory; Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, Hannah Arendt, Seyla Benhabib, Michel Foucault, and William E. Connolly. He identifies an important but as of yet unappreciated version of public reasoning--, one that provides creative and effective responses to questions at the forefront of liberal democratic political thought: human rights, secularity, and global governance.
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