Debating democracy's discontent : essays on American politics, law, and public philosophy / edited by Anita L. Allen and Milton C. Regan, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allen, Anita L., 1953-

Regan, Milton C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sandel, Michael J. Democracy's discontent.

Sandel, Michael J.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Liberalism--United States.

Liberalism.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Citizenship--United States.

Citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Here, leading political and legal theorists debate Michael Sandel's thesis Democracy's Discontent. It is a wide-ranging discussion spanning constitutional law, culture, and political economy.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Introduction: The Quest for a Post-Liberal Public Philosophy""; ""I. Reviving Civic Virtue""; ""1. The Retrieval of Civic Virtue: A Critical Appreciation of Sandel's Democracy's Discontent""; ""2. Virtue en Masse""; ""3. Reworking Sandel's Republicanism""; ""II. Toward an American Public Philosophy""; ""4. Political Economy and the Politics of Virtue: US Public Philosophy at Century's End""; ""5. The Encumbered American Self""; ""6. A Public Philosophy for the Professional-Managerial Class""

""7. Notes of a Jewish Episcopalian: Gender as a Language of Class Religion as a Dialect of Liberalism""; ""III. Liberal Republicanism""; ""8. A Defense of Minimalist Liberalism""; ""9. Michael Sandel and Richard Rorty: Two Models of the Republic""; ""10. Liberal Egalitarianism and Civic Republicanism: Friends or Enemies?""; ""11. Moral Status and the Status of Morality in Political Liberalism ""; ""12. Sandel's Liberal Politics""; ""IV. Living with Difference""; ""13. Michael Sandal's America""; ""14. Moral Dialogues: A Communitarian Core Element""; ""15. Can This Republic Be Saved?""

""16. Civic Republicanism and Civic Pluralism: The Silent Struggle of Michael Sandel"" ""17. Living with Difference""; ""V. Law, Morals, and Private Lives""; ""18. Unencumbered Individuals and Embedded Selves: Reasons to Resist Dichotomous Thinking in Family Law""; ""19. The Right of Privacy in Sandel's Procedural Republic""; ""20. Gay Marriage and Liberal Constitutionalism: Two Mistakes""; ""VI. Self-Government and Democratic Discontent""; ""21. Fusion Republicanism""; ""22. Corporate Speech and Civic Virtue""; ""23. Federalism as a Cure for Democracy's Discontent?"" ; ""VII. A Reply to His Critics""; ""24. Reply to Critics""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-377) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-159870-4

1-281-97071-9

9786611970710

0-19-152236-8

0-585-12934-7

OCLC:

922953907