Poeticized Culture - The Role of Irony in Rawls''s Liberalism

Informationen zum Autor By James Hersh Klappentext In Poeticized Culture, James Hersh shows the John Rawls' framework of liberal public reason (Political Liberalism, 1993), within which he proposes his scheme of justice as fairness, includes an unacknowledged call for a Richard Rortian "poeticized culture." Hersh argues that, despite Rawls's intentions, his framework within which he proposes justice as fairness demands a Rortian ironic perspective and does not allow for citizens to hold absolute or literal religious beliefs. Zusammenfassung Shows that John Rawls' framework of liberal public reason includes an unacknowledged call for a Richard Rortian poeticized culture. This book argues that! despite Rawls's intentions! his framework within which he proposes justice as fairness demands a Rortian ironic perspective and does not allow for citizens to hold literal religious beliefs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Irony and Political Compartmentalizing Chapter 4 Irony and the Law Chapter 5 Irony and Political Justification in a Future Just Jerusalem Chapter 6 Epilogue: The Precedent for a Poeticizes Culture in Greek Tragedy Chapter 7 Notes Chapter 8 A Glossary of Rawls's Terminology Chapter 9 Works Cited Chapter 10 Index Chapter 11 About the Author

Product details

• Authors: James Hersh, Hersh James
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2005
• EAN: 9780761832614
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-3261-4
• No. of pages: 220
• 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