Pluralism and Liberal Democracy

Informationen zum Autor Richard E. Flathman is the George Armstrong Kelly Memorial Professor of Political Science at the Johns Hopkins University. Klappentext One of the country's most distinguished political theorists turns to the task of how best to explain, justify, and encourage the concept, practice, and institutionalization of pluralism. By examining and analyzing the accounts and explanations of four philosophers -- William James, Hannah Arendt, Stuart Hampshire, and Michael Oakeshott -- Richard E. Flathman augments the theories of pluralism most familiar to students and scholars of politics and political theory. Zusammenfassung The philosophers studied here embrace these conflicts and challenges! further invigorating a political concept Flathman regards as a centerpiece of liberalism.

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• Authors: Richard E. Flathman, Richard E. (The George Armstrong Kelly M Flathman, Richard E. (The George Armstrong Kelly Memorial Professor of Political Science Flathman, Flathman Richard E.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.11.2005
• EAN: 9780801882159
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8215-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies