Political Illiberalism: A Defense Of Freedom

Deconstructs the story of liberalism that John Rawls and others have put forward. Argues that political liberalism is despotic because it denies to politics a concern with the comprehensive human good. Political illiberalism overcomes this despotism and restores genuine freedom. Simpson provides detailed accounts of these political phenomena and presents a political theory opposed to that of Rawls and other porponents of modern liberalism. Simpson presents the fundamentals of the idea of a truer liberalism as derived from human nature, with particular attention to the role and power of religion, using the political thought of Aristotle, the founding fathers of the United States, thinkers of the Roman Empire and contemprary practice. [Source : editeur].

• | Author: Peter L. P. Simpson
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jan 08, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 236 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Conduct of life
• | ISBN-10: 1412865220
• | ISBN-13: 9781412865227