Liberal realism: A realist theory of liberal politics - Hardcover

Sleat, Matt

 
9780719088902: Liberal realism: A realist theory of liberal politics
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0719088909 ISBN 13: 9780719088902
Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2013

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The first comprehensive overview of the resurgence of interest in realist political theory, and a defence of liberal politics in realist terms

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Matt Sleat is a Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Sheffield

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Events at the beginning of the twenty-first century have served to demonstrate the truth of the insight at the heart of the recent renewed interest in realist political theory that politics is characterised by inevitable and endemic disagreement and conflict. Yet much contemporary liberal political theory has taken place against the backdrop of an assumed widespread consensus on liberal values and principles. A central theoretical question for our day is therefore whether liberalism is a theory of politics consonant with the modern world or whether it is grounded in untenable theoretical presumptions and foundations.

This monograph offers the first comprehensive overview of the resurgence of interest in realist political theory and develops a unique and urgent defence of liberal politics in realist terms. Through explorations of the work of a diverse range of thinkers, including Bernard Williams, John Rawls, Raymond Geuss, Judith Shklar, John Gray, Carl Schmitt and Max Weber, the author advances a theory of liberal realism that is consistent with the realist emphasis on disagreement and conflict yet still recognizably liberal in its concern for respecting individuals’ freedom and constraining political power. The result is a unique contribution to the ongoing debates surrounding realism and an original and timely re-imagining of liberal theory for the twenty-first century. This provocative work will be of interest to students and all concerned with the possibility of realizing liberalism and its moral aspirations in today’s world.

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Verlag
Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0719088909
ISBN 13 
9780719088902
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Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
200
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