Putting Liberalism in Its Place /

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In this wide-ranging interdisciplinary work, Paul W. Kahn argues that political order is founded not on contract but on sacrifice. Because liberalism is blind to sacrifice, it is unable to explain how the modern state has brought us to both the rule of law and the edge of nuclear annihilation. We ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kahn, Paul W., 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social contract.
Political culture.
Liberalism.
Communitarianism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Conservatism & Liberalism.
Contrat social.
Communautarisme > États-Unis.
Liberalisme > États-Unis.
Political culture > United States.
Communitarianism > United States.
Liberalism > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Putting Liberalism in Its Place; PART I: CULTURAL STUDY AND LIBERALISM; 1. The Architecture of the Liberal World; 2. A Brief Genealogy of American Liberalism; 3. The Instabilities of Liberalism; PART II: LOVE AND POLITICS; 4. The Faculties of the Soul: Beyond Reason and Interest; 5. The Erotic Body; 6. The Autonomy of the Political in the Modern Nation-State; Conclusion: The Future of the Nation-State; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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