Paul Ricoeur: The Promise and Risk of Politics - Softcover

Dauenhauer, Bernard P.

 
9780847692378: Paul Ricoeur: The Promise and Risk of Politics

Synopsis

Paul Ricoeur, with Rawls, Walzer, and Habermas as some of his main interlocutors, has developed a substantial and distinctive body of political thought. On the one hand, it articulates a rich conception of the paradoxical character of the domain of politics. On the other, it provides a fresh approach to such major topics as the relationship among politics, economics, and ethics and between concern for universal human rights and respect for cultural plurality. His work, rooted as it is in Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel, also provides resources for a fruitful rethinking of the issues at stake in the liberal-communitarian debate.

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About the Author

Bernard P. Dauenhauer is professor of philosophy at the University of Georgia. His most recent publications include Citizenship in a Fragile World (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996).

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