After Politics: The Rejection of Politics in Contemporary Liberal Philosophy

by Glen Newey

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349417769
• ISBN13: 9781349417766
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"