Public Philosophy in a New Key: Volume 1, Democracy and Civic Freedom

These two ambitious volumes from one of the world's most celebrated political philosophers present a new kind of political and legal theory that James Tully calls a public philosophy, and a complementary new way of thinking about active citizenship, called civic freedom. Professor Tully takes the reader step-by-step through the principal debates in political theory and the major types of political struggle today. These volumes represent a genuine landmark in political theory from the author of Strange Multiplicity, one of the most influential and distinctive commentaries on politics and the contemporary world published in recent years. This first volume of Public Philosophy in a New Key consists of a presentation and defense of a contextual approach to public philosophy and civic freedom, and then goes on to study specific struggles over recognition and distribution within states.

Author: James Tully
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/18/2008
Pages: 386
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780521449618

About the Author
Tully, James: - James Tully is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria, Canada. He is one of the most distinguished political philosophers in the world.