Pragmatic Liberalism

by Charles W. Anderson

Overview

Drawing on the legacy of prominent pragmatic philosophers and political economists—C. S. Peirce, William James, John Dewey, Thorstein Veblen, and John R. Commons—Charles W. Anderson creatively brings pragmatism and liberalism together, striving to temper the excesses of both and to fashion a broader vision of the proper domain of political reason.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226018027
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	07/01/1994
Edition description:	1
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Charles W. Anderson is Hawkins Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the author of several books, including Statecraft: An Introduction to Political Choiceand Judgment and Prescribing the Life of the Mind.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction: Practical Political Reason
Part 1: Liberal Principles, the Individual, and the Enterprise
2. Liberal Principles and the Performance of Enterprise
3. The Community of Practice and Inquiry
4. The State and the Performance of the Enterprise
5. The State and the Constitution of the Enterprise
Part 2: A Pragmatic Liberal Political Economy
6. The Management of the Economy
7. Distributive Justice
8. Sustainable Systems
Part 3: A Discipline of Political Judgment
9. The Discovery of Principles
10. Political Deliberation
11. The Liberal Enterprise
12. The Competent Citizen
Notes
Index

Editorial Reviews

Liberalism and pragmatism are traditionally viewed as alternative and antagonistic philosophies, but Anderson (political science, Wisconsin) proposes a merging whereby liberalism is freed from the inflexibility of its abstract notions of right, by serving as the normative structure for pragmatic method, which otherwise has no guiding principle for public action. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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