Political Illiberalism: A Defense of Freedom

ISBN-13: 9781412865227 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 248 str.

Peter L. Simpson

Opis

Deconstructs the story of liberalism that John Rawls, author of Political Liberalism, and many others have put forward. Peter L.P. Simpson argues that political liberalism is despotic because it denies politics a concern with the comprehensive human good and that political illiberalism overcomes this despotism and restores genuine freedom.

Spis treści

Introduction. 1 Liberalism in Practice. 2 Historical Illustrations. 3 Liberalism in Theory. 4 First Principles of Illiberalism. 5 The Personalism of Illiberalism. 6 Political Principles of Illiberalism. 7 Justice and Political Forms—Aristotle versus Rawls. 8 Devolved versus Centralized Rule. 9 Temporal and Spiritual Empire. 10 Illiberal Morals. Bibliography. Index

O autorze

Peter L. P. Simpson is professor of philosophy and classics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of Goodness and Nature and The Politics of Aristotle.