Public Philosophy in a New Key: Volume 1, Democracy and Civic Freedom (Ideas in Context, Series Number 93) - Softcover

Tully, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521728797 ISBN 13: 9780521728799

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

These two ambitious volumes from one of the world's most celebrated political philosophers present a new kind of political and legal theory that James Tully calls a public philosophy, and a complementary new way of thinking about active citizenship, called civic freedom. Professor Tully takes the reader step-by-step through the principal debates in political theory and the major types of political struggle today. These volumes represent a genuine landmark in political theory from the author of Strange Multiplicity, one of the most influential and distinctive commentaries on politics and the contemporary world published in recent years. This first volume of Public Philosophy in a New Key consists of a presentation and defense of a contextual approach to public philosophy and civic freedom, and then goes on to study specific struggles over recognition and distribution within states.

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Book Description:

These two volumes present a new kind of political and legal theory that James Tully calls a public philosophy, and a complementary new way of thinking about active citizenship, called civic freedom. The volumes represent a genuine landmark in political theory, from one of its most distinguished practitioners alive today.

About the Author:

James Tully is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria, Canada. He is one of the most distinguished political philosophers in the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521728797
• ISBN 13: 9780521728799
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 388