Pre-Liberal Political Philosophy: Rawls and Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas

by Daniel A. Dombrowski and Seattle University

John Rawls is the most influential 20th century political philosopher, but critics have complained about the ahistorical character of his approach. The purpose of this book is to argue that these critics are, at best, only half correct.Pre-Liberal Political Philosophy concentrates on four pre-liberal thinkers who are major figures in the history of philosophy and who are surprisingly formative in the development of Rawls's mature political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004520244
• ISBN13: 9789004520240
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 188 Pages