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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... culture, in these cases, is un- certain where to draw the line between uniformity and toleration. Even when it costs little, the toleration of such group difference is always precarious. A shift of perspective from the adults to the ...
... cultural practices and belief sys- tems are to be measured. This is the approach pursued by contempo- rary advocates ... cultures. Every criticism is thought to rest on a particular community's values; there is no way to make cross ...
... cultural difference is not like that of difference among cuisines , in which each culture values some distinct set of flavors and tastes . Rather , different cultures affirm values that others reject . Some reject what others insist ...
... cultures do not necessarily share this proselytizing attitude toward the alien other. They do not pursue a universal ... cultural imperialism. For the West, the story of colonialism was one of Chris- tian proselytizing and the progress ...
... CULTURAL STUDY AND LIBERALISM Cultural difference is such a prominent problem today because it presses against some of the most basic assumptions of our own broadly liberal culture. My ambition is to expose these assumptions and show ...
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