{"product_id":"9780761961390","title":"Contemporary Theories of Liberalism: Public Reason as a Post-Enlightenment Project","description":"\u003cp\u003e'The author has provided us with a masterful overview and critique of liberal theorizing of the past quarter-century. While dealing exhaustively and fairly with each of a variety of broadly liberal approaches, Gaus also presents a compelling argument for his own preferred \"justificatory\" approach. His analyses range across familiar territory - Berlin, Gauthier,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaier, Habermas, social choice theory, Rawls, and so on - and are always\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eilluminating and, taken together, provide both the newcomer and the old-hand much to ponder' - \u003ci\u003eFred D'Agostino, University of New England, Armidale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[A]ll that man is and all that raises him above animals he owes to his reason' - \u003ci\u003eLudwig von Mises\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary Theories of Liberalism provides students with a comprehensive overview of the key tenets of liberalism developed through Hobbes, Locke, Kant and Rawls to present day theories and debates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentral to recent debate has been the idea of public reason. The text introduces and explores seven dominant theories of public reason, namely, pluralism, Neo-Hobbesianism, pragmatism, deliberative democracy, political democracy, Rawlsian political liberalism and justificatory liberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a proponent of justificatory liberalism, Gaus presents an accessible and critical analysis of all contempoary liberal political theory and powerfully illustrates the distinct and importsant contribution of justificatory liberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary Theories of Liberalism is essential reading for students and academics seeking a deeper understanding of liberal political theory today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051259576560,"sku":"9780761961390","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780761961390_p0.jpg?v=1763655686","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780761961390","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}