Publication details
Verlag: Springer
Ort: Berlin
Jahr: 1999
Pages: 123-141
Reihe: Continental Philosophy Review
Volle Referenz:
, "Rawls's political postmodernism", Continental Philosophy Review 32 (2), 1999, pp. 123-141.
Abstrakt
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
Verlag: Springer
Ort: Berlin
Jahr: 1999
Pages: 123-141
Reihe: Continental Philosophy Review
Volle Referenz:
, "Rawls's political postmodernism", Continental Philosophy Review 32 (2), 1999, pp. 123-141.