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After Politics: The Rejection of Politics in Contemporary Liberal Philosophy

By Glen Newey

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2001
ISBN
9780333778135, 9780585380186, 0333778138, 058538018X, 9780333977873
Open Library ID
OL9474048M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1245633 bytes)
Pages
264\264
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Why do political philosophers shy away from politics? Glen Newey offers a challenging and original critique of liberalism, the dominant political philosophy of our time, tackling such key issues as state legitimacy, value-pluralism, neutrality, the nature of politics, public reason, and morality in politics. Analyzing major liberal theorists, Newey argues that liberalism bypasses politics because it ignores or misunderstands human motivation, and elevates academic systembuilding over political realities of conflict and power.

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