John Rawls - The Path to a Theory of Justice

Critics have maintained that John Rawls's theory of justice is unrealistic and undemocratic. Andrius Gali¿anka's incisive intellectual biography argues that in misunderstanding the origins and development of Rawls's argument, previous narratives fail to explain the novelty of his philosophical approach and so misunderstand his political vision.

About the author

Andrius Gališanka is a scholar of twentieth-century political thought, especially that of John Rawls and Ludwig Wittgenstein. He is an Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University, where he teaches courses on contemporary political theory and the history of political thought.

Summary

Critics have maintained that John Rawls’s theory of justice is unrealistic and undemocratic. Andrius Gališanka’s incisive intellectual biography argues that in misunderstanding the origins and development of Rawls’s argument, previous narratives fail to explain the novelty of his philosophical approach and so misunderstand his political vision.

Product details

• Authors: Andrius Galisanka, Andrius Gališanka
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2019
• EAN: 9780674976474
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97647-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, Biography: general, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, Political Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Popular philosophy, Political science and theory, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism