Political Illiberalism

Name: Political Illiberalism
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Political IlliberalismA Defense of Freedom\nAuthor(s): Peter L.P. Simpson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781412855747, 978-1412855747\nSynopsis\nThis book deconstructs the story of liberalism that John Rawls, author of Political Liberalism, and many others have put forward. Peter [url] Simpson argues that political liberalism is despotic because it denies to politics a concern with the comprehensive human good; political illiberalism overcomes this despotism and restores genuine freedom. In Political Illiberalism, Simpson provides a detailed account of these political phenomena and presents a political theory opposed to that of Rawls and other proponents of modern liberalism. Simpson analyses and confronts the assumptions of this liberalism by challenging its view of liberty and especially its cornerstone that politics should not be about the comprehensive good. He presents the fundamentals of the idea of a truer l.