The Individual and the Political Order
An Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy
Robert L Simon author Norman E Bowie author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
Published:20th Aug '07
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This fourth edition of The Individual and the Political Order provides a careful, accessible, and reasoned liberal justification for the democratic state and political authority. The central feature of liberalism is the commitment to individual autonomy. The authors show how that commitment provides a defense of democracy, and they give a liberal interpretation to such core values as liberty, equality, and political authority. Although the authors support liberal theory, they also provide a sympathetic treatment of the critics of liberalism. The authors give a sound explanation of such positions as feminist political theory, communitarianism, and post-modernism but they also argue persuasively that these theories fall short as adequate theories of the political order. A significant feature of the new edition is the treatment of international issues and globalization, particularly the war on terrorism and poverty in the third world. This edition retains its balanced treatment of such major theorists as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Rawls and, in this edition, Marx. This edition continues the tradition of readability, balance, and careful argumentation that characterized the earlier editions. The Individual and the Political Order is accessible to a wide audience and to nearly all individuals who are interested in how citizens in a state should be governed.
An engaging, well-balanced, illuminating overview of central issues in contemporary political philosophy. I recommend it highly. -- Steven Cahn, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
ISBN: 9780742550056
Dimensions: 256mm x 181mm x 21mm
Weight: 576g
290 pages
Fourth Edition