Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Berlin
Year: 1999
Pages: 123-141
Series: Continental Philosophy Review
Full citation:
, "Rawls's political postmodernism", Continental Philosophy Review 32 (2), 1999, pp. 123-141.
Abstract
John Rawls has recently shifted to a "freestanding" or "political" liberalism from his earlier "comprehensive" and "moral" liberalism. I argue that this move is based on several key features that make Rawlsian liberal pluralism indelibly postmodern. Two of the more obvious features are the denial of foundationalism and the rejection of a truth status for public-sphere justifications of the basic political structure. In conclusion, I suggest that a late-modern postliberalism is a viable alternative.
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Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Berlin
Year: 1999
Pages: 123-141
Series: Continental Philosophy Review
Full citation:
, "Rawls's political postmodernism", Continental Philosophy Review 32 (2), 1999, pp. 123-141.