The Struggle for a Decent Politics: On "Liberal" as an Adjective
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- Synopsis
- A testament to what it means to be liberal by one of the most prominent political philosophers of our era There was a time when liberalism was an ism like any other, but that time, writes Michael Walzer, is gone. “Liberal” now conveys not a specific ideology but a moral stance, so the word is best conceived not as a noun but as an adjective—one is a “liberal democrat” or a “liberal nationalist.” Walzer itemizes the characteristics described by “liberal” in an inventory of his own deepest political and moral commitments—among other things, to the principle of equality, to the rule of law, and to a pluralism that is both political and cultural. Unabashedly asserting that liberalism comprises a universal set of values (“they must be universal,” he writes, “since they are under assault around the world”), Walzer reminds us in this inspiring book why those values are worth fighting for.
- Copyright:
- 2023
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780300269116
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780300267235
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 01/23/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Michael Walzer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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