The Cold War ideological battle with universal aspirations has given
way to a clash of cultures as the world concurrently moves toward
globalization of economies and communications and balkanization
through a clash of ethnic and cultural identities. Traditional liberal
theory has confronted daunting challenges in coping with these changes
and with recent developments such as the spread of postmodern thought,
religious fundamentalism and global terrorism. This book argues that a
political and legal philosophy based on pluralism is best suited to
confront the problems of the twenty-first century. Pointing out that
monist theories such as liberalism have become inadequate and that
relativism is dangerous, the book makes the case for pluralism from
the standpoint of both theory and its applications. The book engages
with thinkers, such as Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Rawls, Berlin, Dworkin,
Habermas and Derrida and with several subjects that are at the center
of current controversies.
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ISBN
9781139142335
Publisert
2014
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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