Judith Shklar and the liberalism of fear (eBook)

Allyn Fives (Autor)

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2020
288 Seiten
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-4772-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is both an exploration of Judith Shklar’s liberalism of fear and an examination of the proper role and limits of political theory. It advances a novel interpretation of Shklar’s mature work, one that emphasises its value monism. It also defends a value pluralist approach to resolving moral conflicts and thinking about freedom.

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This book puts forward a novel interpretation of Judith Shklar’s liberalism of fear. Shklar’s work is usually seen as an important influence for those who take a sceptical approach to political thought and are concerned first and foremost with the avoidance of great evils. In fact, as this book shows, the most important factor shaping her mature work is not her scepticism but rather a value monist approach to both moral conflict and freedom, which represents a radical departure from the value pluralism (and scepticism) of her early work. The book also advances a clear line of argument in defence of value pluralism in political theory, one that builds on but moves beyond Shklar’s own early work.

Autor

Allyn Fives is Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway

Inhalt

1 The liberalism of fear
2 Monism
3 Freedom
4 Utopia
5 Tyranny
6 Obligation
7 Conclusions
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.11.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 1 black & white illustration
• Verlagsort: Manchester
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: cruelty • freedom • Judith Shklar • Liberalism • Obligation • political theory • Scepticis • Utopia • Value Monism • Value Pluralism
• ISBN-10: 1-5261-4772-6 / 1526147726
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-4772-1 / 9781526147721