The Liberal Tradition in Focus : Problems and New Perspectives

ISBN 10: 0739100831 / ISBN 13: 9780739100837

Published by Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2000

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Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Liberal Tradition in Focus : Problems and New Perspectives
• Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0739100831
• ISBN 13: 9780739100837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.113 pounds

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Synopsis

The Liberal Tradition in Focus is a collection of essays by prominent scholars in their fields on the nature of liberalism at the close of the twentieth century. Using a variety of analytical and substantive approaches, the authors compare the "old liberalism" of Locke, Smith, Hume, and Montesquieu to the variety of "new liberalisms" of thinkers such as Rawls, Dworkin, and Foucault. Each chapter of this engaging volume takes up a particular theme-democracy, capitalism, morality, feminism, toleration, constitutionalism, Third Way liberalism-and considers how the new liberalism's understanding differs from the old. The Liberal Tradition in Focus will be a valuable addition to the collections of scholars and students of political science and political philosophy.

About the Author

Diana Schaub is Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Maryland and a Visiting Scholar at AEI. She was a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics from 2004-2009. A recipient of the Richard M. Weaver Prize for Scholarly Letters, she is the author of Erotic Liberalism, contributing editor of The New Atlantis, and part of the National Affairs publication committee. She has written for The Claremont Review of Books, City Journal, The New Criterion, and Commentary, among others.