James Tully (British Columbia University of Victoria)

Public Philosophy in a New Key

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Ideas in Context
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 752g
• ISBN-13: 9780521449663
• ISBN-10: 0521449669
• Artikelnr.: 24927824

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Credits
Introduction
Public philosophy and civic freedom: a guide to the two volumes
Part I. Global Governance and Practices of Freedom: 1. The Kantian idea of Europe: cosmopolitan and critical perspectives
2. Democracy and globalisation: a defeasible sketch
3. An ecological ethics
4. The unfreedom of the moderns in relation to their ideals of constitutionalism and democracy
Part II. On Imperialism
5. On law, democracy and imperialism
6. Communication and imperialism
7. The imperial toles of modern vonstitutional democracy
Conclusion: civic freedom contra imperialism: 8. A new kind of Europe? Democratic integration in the European Union
9. On global and local citizenship
Bibliography
Index.