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After Politics

The Rejection of Politics in Contemporary Liberal Philosophy

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Glen Newey

    1. University of Strathclyde, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Glen Newey
    Pages 1-14

  3. Political Philosophy and Politics

    • Glen Newey
    Pages 15-35

  4. Philosophy, Politics and Contestability

    • Glen Newey
    Pages 36-56

  5. ‘Political Obligation’

    • Glen Newey
    Pages 57-78

  6. Politics and the Limits of Pluralism

    • Glen Newey
    Pages 79-105

  7. Moral Theory and Political Philosophy

    • Glen Newey
    Pages 106-136

  8. Neutralising Politics

    • Glen Newey
    Pages 137-158

  9. Rawls and Habermas: Liberalism versus Politics

    • Glen Newey
    Pages 159-186

  10. Political Philosophy Without Foundations?

    • Glen Newey
    Pages 187-210

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 211-253
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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, Larmore, Ackerman and others, Glen Newey argues that liberalism by-passes politics because it ignores or misunderstands human motivation, and elevates academic system-building over political realities of conflict and power.

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'...lucid and accessible...' - Journal of Politics

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  • University of Strathclyde, UK

    Glen Newey

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GLEN NEWEY is Reader in Politics at the University of Strathclyde and Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellow at Princeton University during 2000-2001. He is the author of numerous articles on political philosophy and ethics, and of Virtue, Reason and Toleration: the place of toleration in ethical and political philosophy (1999).

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