Post-Liberalism: Studies in Political Thought

by John Gray

2020-12-31 22:26:02

John Gray has become one of our liveliest and most influential political philosophers. This current volume is a sequel to hisLiberalisms: Essays in Political Philosophy. The earlier book ended on a sceptical note, both in respect of what a post-liber... Read more
John Gray has become one of our liveliest and most influential political philosophers. This current volume is a sequel to hisLiberalisms: Essays in Political Philosophy. The earlier book ended on a sceptical note, both in respect of what a post-liberal political philosophy might look like, and with respect to the claims of political philosophy itself.
John Gray''s new book gives post-liberal theory a more definite content. It does so by considering particular thinkers in the history of political thought, by criticizing the conventional wisdom, liberal and socialist, of the Western academic class, and most directly by specifying what remains of value in liberalism. The upshot of this line of thought is that we need not regret the failure of foundationalist liberalism, since we have all we need in the historic inheritance of the institutions of civil society. It is to the practice of liberty that these institutions encompass, rather than to empty liberal theory, that we should repair. Less

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File size8.5 X 5.51 X 1.2 in
Print pages372
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date September 22, 1996
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780415135535
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John Gray is a psychologist and bestselling author of Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus. He is a popular and frequent guest on TV and radio, including Oprah's dynamic Change Your Life TV team....

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