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Since the publication in 1986 of the first edition of "Liberalism", both the world and the author's views have changed significantly. In this second edition, John Gray argues that, whereas liberalism was the political theory of modernity, it is ill-equipped to cope with the dilemmas of the postmodern condition. Developments in philosophy have undermined the attempts of liberal theorists to give liberal institutions a universal foundation in reason, while developments in political life have overturned the Enlightenment philosophy of history on which liberal theory depends. The liberal project - the project of stating universal principles which persons and communities with divergent conceptions of the good and differing views of the world can accept as framing terms of peaceful coexistence - has foundered. The task now, as Gray sees it, is to develop a pluralist political theory, in which the liberal problem of finding a modus vivendi among rival communities and worldviews is solved in postliberal terms.
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Since the publication in 1986 of the first edition of Liberalism, both the world and the author's views have changed significantly. In this new edition, John Gray argues that whereas liberalism was the political theory of modernity, it is ill equipped to cope with the dilemmas of the postmodern condition.
About the Author:
The AuthorJohn Gray was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he read PPE and received his BA., MA and D.Phil degrees. Since 1976 John Gray has been a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. He has had visiting professorships at Harvard, Yale and Tulane Universities.
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- PublisherUniv of Minnesota Pr
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0816628009
- ISBN 13 9780816628001
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages113
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