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Post-Liberalism: Studies in Political Thought

By John Gray

Book information

Year
1996
ISBN
0415135532, 9780415135535
Open Library ID
OL7483818M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19676227 bytes)
Edition
New edition
Pages
352\372
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

John Gray has become one of our liveliest and most influential political philosophers. This current volume is a sequel to his Liberalisms: Essays in Political Philosophy. The earlier book ended on a sceptical note, both in respect of what a post-liberal political philosophy might look like, and with respect to the claims of political philosophy itself.John Gray's new book gives post-liberal theory a more definite content. It does so by considering particular thinkers in the history of political thought, by criticizing the conventional wisdom, liberal and socialist, of the Western academic class, and most directly by specifying what remains of value in liberalism. The upshot of this line of thought is that we need not regret the failure of foundationalist liberalism, since we have all we need in the historic inheritance of the institutions of civil society. It is to the practice of liberty that these institutions encompass, rather than to empty liberal theory, that we should repair.

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