Politics and passion : toward a more egalitarian liberalism /

Politics and passion : toward a more egalitarian liberalism /

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Author / Creator:	Walzer, Michael.
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University, ©2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Liberalism. Equality. Equality. Liberalism. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11156680

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ISBN:	9780300127706 0300127707 1281729620 9781281729620 030010328X 9780300103281 9786611729622 6611729623
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Liberalism is egalitarian in principle, but why doesn't it do more to promote equality in practice? In this book, the distinguished political philosopher Michael Walzer offers a critique of liberal theory and demonstrates that crucial realities have been submerged in the evolution of contemporary liberal thought. In the standard versions of liberal theory, autonomous individuals deliberate about what ought to be done, but in the real world, citizens also organize, mobilize, bargain, and lobby. The real world is more contentious than deliberative. Ranging over hotly contested issues including multiculturalism, pluralism, difference, civil society, and racial and gender justice, Walzer suggests ways in which liberal theory might be revised to make it more hospitable to the claims of equality. Combining profound learning with practical wisdom, Michael Walzer offers a provocative reappraisal of the core tenets of liberal thought. Politics and Passion will be required reading for anyone interested in social justice, and the means by which we seek to achieve it.
Other form:	Print version: Walzer, Michael. Politics and passion. New Haven : Yale University, ©2004 030010328X

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780300127706 0300127707 1281729620 9781281729620 030010328X 9780300103281 9786611729622 6611729623