What Is Pluralism?

ISBN-13: 9780815368212 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 246 str.

Volker Kaul; Ingrid Salvatore

Opis

This book traces the origins of pluralism in contemporary political thought, and presents new, original interpretations of the idea by contemporary philosophers. The essays in the volume bring clarity into an ongoing fractious debate and reveal the underlying roots and fissures in our understanding of a dynamic and contested idea.

Spis treści

Introduction PART I: Epistemic Pluralism and Democracy 1. From Pluralism to Liberalism: The Long Way Around 2. Pluralism and Deliberation 3. Social Choice or Collective Decision-making: What is Politics All About? 4. Liberalism, Pluralism, and a Third Way PART II: Political Pluralism and Reasonable Consensus 5. Sideways at the Entrance of the Cave: A Pluralist Footnote to Plato 6. Pluralism and the Possibility of a Liberal Political Consensus 7. Modus Vivendi Liberalism, Practice-dependence and Political Legitimacy 8. A Pluralist Model of Democracy 9. Rawls, Religion, and the Clash of Civilizations PART III: Cultures, Religions, and Politics 10. The Practice of Liberty 11. Sharing a Conception of Justice, Sharing a Conception of the Good: Liberalism as a Pluralist Theory vs. Pluralism as a Non-Liberal Theory 12. Pluralism and Solidarity: Non-Authoritarian Reasoning and Non-Fundamentalist Attitude 13. Populism, Liberalism and Nationalism