Scandal of Reason - A Critical Theory of Political Judgment

Informationen zum Autor Albena Azmanova is senior lecturer in political theory at the University of Kent. Born in Bulgaria! educated in France and the United States! she lives in Belgium. Her writing focuses on political judgment and social justice; the transformation of capitalism and the emergence of new political ideologies; and Eastern Europe's post-communist transition. Klappentext Theories of justice struggle to balance vision and practicality. As with Habermas! the more demanding the ideal of justice! the less connected the theory is to political reality; as with Rawls! the more politically realistic the theory! the weaker its normative criteria! rendering the theory unreliable. Brokering a resolution to the "judgment paradox!" Albena Azmanova advances a "critical consensus" model of judgment! which serves the normative ideals of a just society without resorting to ideal theory.

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• Authors: Albena Azmanova, Albena (University of Kent) Azmanova, Azmanova Albena
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2012
• EAN: 9780231153805
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15380-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Columbia University Press; New Directions in Critical Theory; New Directions in Critical The; New Directions in Critical Theory; New Directions in Critical Theory (COL)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory