Politics of Virtue (eBook)

Post-Liberalism and the Human Future

John Milbank, Adrian Pabst (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
368 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield International (Verlag)
978-1-78348-650-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Two expert authors combine a compelling critique of contemporary liberalism with post-liberal alternatives in politics, the economy, culture and international affairs, to provide the fullest account so far of the post-liberal alternative in Western politics.

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Contemporary politics is dominated by a liberal creed that champions 'negative liberty' and individual happiness. This creed undergirds positions on both the right and the left - free-market capitalism, state bureaucracy and individualism in social life. The triumph of liberalism has had the effect of subordinating human association and the common good to narrow self-interest and short-term utility. By contrast, post-liberalism promotes individual fulfilment and mutual flourishing based on shared goals that have more substantive content than the formal abstractions of liberal law and contract, and yet are also adaptable to different cultural and local traditions.In this important book, John Milbank and Adrian Pabst apply this analysis to the economy, politics, culture, and international affairs. In each case, having diagnosed the crisis of liberalism, they propose post-liberal alternatives, notably new concepts and fresh policy ideas. They demonstrate that, amid the current crisis, post-liberalism is a programme that could define a new politics of virtue and the common good.

Autor

lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;">John Milbank is Professor of Religion, Politics and Ethics at the University of Nottingham and Director of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy.

Adrian Pabst is Reader in Politics at the University of Kent and Visiting Professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Lille.

Inhalt

Introduction / Part One: Politics / 1. The Metacrisis of Liberalism / 2. The Post-liberal Alternative / Part Two: Economy / 3. The Metacrisis of Capitalism / 4. The Civil Economy Alternative / Part Three: Polity / 5. The Metacrisis of Democracy / 6. The Mixed Constitution Alternative / Part Four: Culture / 7. The Metacrisis of Culture / 8. Culture as Formation / Part Five: World / 9. The Metacrisis of the Nations / 10. Commonwealth, Culture and Covenant / Conclusion / Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.8.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Future Perfect: Images of the Time to Come in Philosophy, Politics and Cultural Studies
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: Liberalism • Policy • Political Economy • Political Philosophy • Political Theology • political theory • politics and religion • Religion and Politics
• ISBN-10: 1-78348-650-3 / 1783486503
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78348-650-2 / 9781783486502