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The Tragedy of Liberalism: An Alternative Defense of a Political Tradition
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Artikel-Nr:
9780791446690
Veröffentl:
2000
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.08.2000
Seiten:
280
Autor:
Bert Van Den Brink
Gewicht:
490 g
Serie:
Suny Social and Political Thou
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Bert van den Brink is a Research Fellow on the Faculty of Law at Tilburg University, The Netherlands and coeditor of Bürgergesellschaft, Recht und Demokratie.
Drawing on recent developments in liberal theory, Bert van den Brink develops an alternative defense of liberalism. He argues that liberal theorists should admit that their doctrine is not neutral with regard to conceptions of the good life--that it in fact fosters ideals of personal autonomy and a pluralist environment. These ideals generate irreconcilable, tragic conflicts between liberal and nonliberal ideals, and it is only by taking these conflicts seriously that liberals can learn of the unwanted consequences of liberal doctrine, effectively rebut critics, and react adequately to the complex pluralism of contemporary societies.