Liberalism and Its Discontents

Author:   Patrick Neal ,  Professor College of Criminal Justice Nicole Rafter (Northeastern University) ,  Michelle Brown (University of Melbourne)
Publisher:   New York University Press
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9780814757963


Pages:   278
Publication Date:   01 July 1997
Format:   Hardback
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Should the state be neutral with regard to the moral practices of its citizens? Can a liberal state legitimately create a distinctively liberal character in its citizens? Can liberal ideals constitute a point of consensus in a diverse society? In Liberalism and Its Discontents, Patrick Neal answers these questions and discusses them in light of contemporary liberal theory. Approaching the topic of liberalism from a sympathetic and yet immanently critical point of view, Patrick Neal argues that the political liberalism of theorists like John Rawls and the perfectionist liberalism of theorists like Joseph Raz fail to fully express the generosity of spirit which is liberalism at its best. Instead, Neal finds resources for the expression of such a spirit in the much maligned tradition of Hobbesian, or vulgar, liberalism. He argues that a turn in this direction is necessary for the articulation of a liberalism more genuinely responsive to the diversity of modes of life in the twenty-first century.

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Author:   Patrick Neal ,  Professor College of Criminal Justice Nicole Rafter (Northeastern University) ,  Michelle Brown (University of Melbourne)
Publisher:   New York University Press
Imprint:   New York University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780814757963


ISBN 10:   0814757960
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   01 July 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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<p> Neal does a fine job of showing the flaws in leading academic theories and accounts of liberalism. He shows the amazing vigor of Thomas Hobbes's ideas, now more than three centuries old and still in many ways the clearest and best expression of the liberal order. And he provides a salutary cold shower for those grand dreamers among us who want liberalism not only to order our lives, but also to inspire, to shape, to teach us: 'A liberal order cannot even nearly fulfill the longings of the heart and soul which move us.'


An illuminating examination of contemporary liberalism. - Times Literary Supplement


(<p> An illuminating examination of contemporary liberalism. )-( Times Literary Supplement ), ()


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Patrick Neal is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont.

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