Finlayson Lorna
Finlayson Lorna - The Political Is Political Conformity And The Illusion Of Dissent In Contemporary Political Philosophy - Paperback
Finlayson Lorna - The Political Is Political Conformity And The Illusion Of Dissent In Contemporary Political Philosophy - Paperback
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Description: Nobody should really have to point out that political philosophy is political. Yet in this highly original and provocative book Lorna Finlayson argues that in fact it is necessary to do so. Offering a critique of mainstream liberal political philosophy through close critical engagement with a series of specific debates and arguments Finlayson analyzes the way in which apparently neutral methodological devices such as charitable interpretation and constructive criticism function so as to protect against challenges to the status quo. At each stage Finlayson demonstrates that political philosophy is suffering from a complex process of de - politicization. Even in cases where it appears that the dominant framework of liberal political philosophy is being strongly challenged as for example in the case of the realist critique of ideal theory this book argues that the debate is set up in such a way as to impose strict limits on the kind of dissent that is possible. Only by dragging these hidden presuppositions into the foreground can we arrive at a clear - eyed appreciation of such debates and perhaps look beyond the artificially constricted landscape in which they seek to confine us.
Title: The Political Is Political Conformity And The Illusion Of Dissent In Contemporary Political Philosophy
Author(s): Finlayson Lorna
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International
Barcode: 9781783482870
Pages: 212 Pages
Publication Date: 5/26/2015
Category: Social & Political Philosophy
Description: Nobody should really have to point out that political philosophy is political. Yet in this highly original and provocative book Lorna Finlayson argues that in fact it is necessary to do so. Offering a critique of mainstream liberal political philosophy through close critical engagement with a series of specific debates and arguments Finlayson analyzes the way in which apparently neutral methodological devices such as charitable interpretation and constructive criticism function so as to protect against challenges to the status quo. At each stage Finlayson demonstrates that political philosophy is suffering from a complex process of de - politicization. Even in cases where it appears that the dominant framework of liberal political philosophy is being strongly challenged as for example in the case of the realist critique of ideal theory this book argues that the debate is set up in such a way as to impose strict limits on the kind of dissent that is possible. Only by dragging these hidden presuppositions into the foreground can we arrive at a clear - eyed appreciation of such debates and perhaps look beyond the artificially constricted landscape in which they seek to confine us.
Title: The Political Is Political Conformity And The Illusion Of Dissent In Contemporary Political Philosophy
Author(s): Finlayson Lorna
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International
Barcode: 9781783482870
Pages: 212 Pages
Publication Date: 5/26/2015
Category: Social & Political Philosophy
