Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom
This book offers an original account of the history of liberal thought, one grounded in an institutional history of medieval pluralism and the early modern rationalizing state, and explores the deep tensions that liberal political thought rests upon.
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Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom
This book offers an original account of the history of liberal thought, one grounded in an institutional history of medieval pluralism and the early modern rationalizing state, and explores the deep tensions that liberal political thought rests upon.
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Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom

Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom

by Jacob T. Levy
Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom

Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom

by Jacob T. Levy

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This book offers an original account of the history of liberal thought, one grounded in an institutional history of medieval pluralism and the early modern rationalizing state, and explores the deep tensions that liberal political thought rests upon.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198717140
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 02/11/2015
Pages: 338
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Jacob T. Levy, Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, McGill University

Jacob T. Levy is Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory and coordinator of the Research Group on Constitutional Studies at McGill University, and a member of the Montreal Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Philosophie Politique.

Table of Contents

Part 11. Freedom, Associations, and Uniformity2. Two Approaches3. Reunderstanding Intermediate GroupsPart 24. Antecedents and Foundations5. The Ancient Constitution, the Social Contract, and the Modern State6. Montesquieu and Voltaire, Philosophes and Parlements7. The Age of Revolutions8. Centralization in a Democratic Age: Tocqueville and Mill9. From Liberal Constitutionalism to PluralismPart 310. The Constitution of Group Life11. Associations are not statesConclusion: Against SynthesisConclusion: Against Synthesis
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