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  • Palgrave Connect (Online service) - Contributor

Publication

2001 - Palgrave, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England, England

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English

Word Count

63,250 words, Guess

Page Count

253 pages

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Electronic resource

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  • DDC320.51/3
  • LCCJC574 .N49 2001eb
  • LCCJA1-92

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Why do political philosophers why away from politics? After Politics: The Rejection of Politics in Contemporary Liberal Philosophy offers a challenging and original critique of liberalism, the dominant political philosophy of our time, tackling key issues like state legitimacy, value-pluralism, neutrality, the nature of politics, public reasons, and morality in politics. Analyzing major liberal theorists like Rawls, Habermas, Rorty, Barry, Gray, Raz, Larmore, Ackerman and others, Glen Newey argues that liberalism by-passes politics because it ignores or misunderstands human motivation, and ele

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