Putting Liberalism in Its PlacePrinceton University Press, 2009 M01 10 - 336 páginas In this wide-ranging interdisciplinary work, Paul W. Kahn argues that political order is founded not on contract but on sacrifice. Because liberalism is blind to sacrifice, it is unable to explain how the modern state has brought us to both the rule of law and the edge of nuclear annihilation. We can understand this modern condition only by recognizing that any political community, even a liberal one, is bound together by faith, love, and identity. |
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... tion. For us, that point is the problem of cultural pluralism. Lacking a conviction in the absolute truth of our own beliefs and practices, we are uncertain how to respond to those who live by different norms. We are all too aware that ...
... tion of difference to intervention was not a large move at all.1o Neither the universal nor the particular seems firm ground from which theory can direct practice . 10 Multiculturalism would not pose a problem if the plurality of values ...
... tion of history. Ontology and genealogy are not separate inquiries. Rather than speak of advocacy and ontology with respect to the political subject, I will speak of the rule of law and political sover- eignty. The rule of law is the ...
... tion but do not necessarily share a common set of interests. For most liberal theorists, the autonomous individual always has the capacity to redefine the relationship to his or her culture.16 Of course, a liberal state need not support ...
... tion that autonomous individuals should pursue in order to give insti- tutional structure and procedural coherence to a common political life. Modern liberal theorists, such as Rawls, Habermas, and Acker- man, often support their claims ...
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