The Conquest of Politics: Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times. Barber<|

Storename eBay Template\nFree UK \nDelivery\nFree \nReturns\nCustomer Satisfaction \nGuaranteed\nTop Customer \nFeedbackThe Conquest of Politics: Liberal Philosophy in Democratic TimesProduct Description\""[His commitment to democratic radicalism] has made Barber one of the leading--he is also one of the most intelligent--representatives of contemporary republican political theory. He is . . . a passionate advocate of participation, citizenship, and civic virtue.\""---Michael Walzer, New York Review of Books \""Addressing the thought of six major twentieth-century philosophers--Bertrand Russell, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Bruce Ackerman, Michael Oakeshott, and Alasdair MacIntyre--Benjamin Barber maintains that each of them has aided in the 'conquest of politics' by abstract and speculative philosophy. In this lively and accessible book Barber proposes a way of doing political philosophy that does take practical politics into account. The Conquest of Politics is replete with . . . droll .