Liberalism (Concepts Social Thought) - Softcover

GRAY

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816628017 ISBN 13: 9780816628018

Publisher: Open University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Since the publication in 1986 of the first edition of Liberalism, both the world and the author's views have changed significantly. In this new edition, John Gray argues that whereas liberalism was the political theory of modernity, it is ill-equipped to cope with the dilemmas of the postmodern condition. The task now, as Gray sees it, is to develop a pluralist theory, in which the liberal problem of finding a modus vivendi among rival communities and worldviews is solved in postliberal terms. Copublished with Open University Press

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Review:

"The best available introduction to the dilemmas of modern regimes." --Crisis

"In a new conclusion, Gray sets out the postliberal and pluralist view that he now holds--that liberal regimes are only one type of legitimate polity and that liberal practice has no special or universal authority." --Journal of Economic Literature

From the Back Cover:

Since the publication in 1986 of the first edition of Liberalism, both the world and the author's views have changed significantly. In this new edition, John Gray argues that whereas liberalism was the political theory of modernity, it is ill equipped to cope with the dilemmas of the postmodern condition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0816628017
• ISBN 13: 9780816628018
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 110