Debating Democracy's Discontent
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Debating Democracy's Discontent: Essays on American Politics, Law, and Public Philosophy


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In this timely and provocative volume, some of the world's leading political and constitutional theorists come together to debate Michael Sandel's celebrated thesis that the United States is in the the grip of a flawed public philosophy - "procedural liberalism". Beginning with an original stage-setting introduction by Ronald Beiner, and ending with a reply by Michael Sandel, Sandel's liberal and feminist critics square off with his communitarian and civic republican sympathizers in a lively and wide-ranging discussion spanning constitutional law, culture, and political economy. Practical, topical issues of immigration, gay marriage, federalism, adoption, abortion, corporate speech, militias, and economic disparity are debated alongside theories of civic virtue, citizenship, identity, and community. Not only does this volume provide the most comprehensive and insightful critique of Sandel's Democracy's Discontent to date - it also makes a very significant, substantive contribution to contemporary political and legal philosophy in its own right. It will prove essential reading for all those interested in the future of American politics, law, and public philosophy.

Table of Contents:
Ronald Beiner: Introduction: The Quest for a Post-Liberal Public Philosophy PART 1. REVIVING CIVIC VIRTUE 1: Thomas L. Pangle: . The Retrieval of Civic Virtue: A Critical Appreciation of Sandel's Democracy's Discontent 2: Jeremy Waldron: Virtue En Mass 3: Philip Pettit: Reworking Sandel's Republicanism PART 2. TOWARD AN AMERICAN PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY 4: William A. Galston: Political Economy and the Politics of Virtue: US Public Philosophy at Century's End 5: Clifford Orwin: The Encumbered American Self 6: Mark Tushnet: A Public Philosophy for the Professional-Managerial Class 7: Joan Williams: Notes of a Jewish Episcopalian: Gender as a Language of Class; Religion as a Dialect of Liberalism PART 3. LIBERAL REPUBLICANISM 8: Richard Rorty: A Defense of Minimalist Liberalism 9: Richard Sennett: Michael Sandel and Richard Rorty: Two Models of the Republic 10: Will Kymlicka: Liberal Egalitarianism and Civic Republicanism: Friends or Enemies? 11: Andrew W. Siegel: Moral Status and the Status of Morality in Political Liberalism 12: Bruce Frohnen: Sandel's Liberal Politics PART 4. LIVING WITH DIFFERENCE 13: Michael Waltzer: Michael Sandel's America 14: Amitai Etzioni: Moral Dialogues: A Communitarian Core Element 15: Jean Bethke Elshtain and Christopher Beem: Can This Republic be Saved? 16: William Connolly: Civic Republicanism and Civic Pluralism: The Silent Struggle of Michael Sandel 17: Charles Taylor: Living with Difference PART 5. LAW, MORALS, AND PRIVATE LIVES 18: Mary Lyndon (Molly) Shanley: Unencumbered Individuals and Embedded Selves: Reasons to Resist Dichotomous Thinking in Family Law 19: James E. Fleming and Linda C. McClain: The Right of Privacy in Sandel's Procedural Republic 20: Robin West: Gay Marriage and Liberal Constitutionalism: Two Mistakes PART 6. SELF-GOVERNMENT AND DEMOCRATIC DISCONTENT 21: Nancy L. Rosenblum: Fusion Republicanism 22: Milton C. Regan, Jr: Corporate Speech and Civic Virtue 23: Mark Tushnet: Federalism as a Cure for Democracy's Discontent? PART 7. A REPLY TO MY CRITICS 24: Michael J. Sandel: A Reply to My Critics

About the Author :
Anita L. Allen is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship at Georgetown University Law Center. Milton C. Regan, Jr., is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780198294962
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Essays on American Politics, Law, and Public Philosophy
  • Width: 157 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0198294964
  • Publisher Date: 15 Oct 1998
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 408
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 635 gr


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