Positive Freedom - Past, Present, and Future

This is the first volume to treat the idea of positive freedom in detail and from multiple perspectives.

List of contents

Introduction: The Multiple Dimensions of Positive Freedom John Christman; 1. Unity and Disunity in The Positive Tradition Michael Garnett; 2. Positive Liberty as Realizing the Essence of Man Michael Quante; 3. Moral and Personal Positive Freedom Maria Dimova-Cookson; 4. Positive Freedom and Freedom of Contract: Fairness, Fairing Well, and Freedom Avital Simhony; 5. Recognition and Positive Freedom David Ingram; 6. Self-Mastery and the Quality of a Life Steven Wall; 7. Basic Freedom in the Real World John Christman; 8. Reframing Democracy with Positive Freedom: The Power of Liberty Reconsidered Carol C. Gould; 9. Positive Liberty, Feminism and Disability Nancy Hirschmann; 10. Positive Liberty and Paternalism Horacio Spector; 11. Beyond Positive and Negative Liberty: Habermas and Honneth on Freedom in the Political Public Sphere Maeve Cooke; 12. Property and Political Power: Neo-Feudal Entanglements Rutger Claassen; 13. Public Reason, Positive Liberty, and Legitimacy Chad Van Schoelandt.

About the author

John Christman is Professor of Philosophy, Political Science, and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is author of The Politics of Persons (Cambridge, 2009) and Social and Political Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction (2002, 2017), and editor of Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy (with Thomas Christiano, 2009), among other works in social and political philosophy.

Summary

This book will appeal to anyone interested in the complex meanings of the idea of 'freedom', especially as it relates to other fundamental social values. It will be of interest to philosophers and political theorists, legal scholars, feminists, people in disability studies and other social theorists and critics.

Foreword

This is the first volume to treat the idea of positive freedom in detail and from multiple perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: John (Pennsylvania State University) Christman
• Assisted by: John Christman (Editor), Christman John (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9781108738217
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73821-7
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms