{"product_id":"rethinking-liberalism-for-the-21st-century-9780367590369","title":"Rethinking Liberalism for the 21st Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRethinking Liberalism for the 21st Century\u003c\/em\u003e offers an indispensable reexamination of the life, work, and interventions of a prominent liberal political theorist of the 20th century: Judith Shklar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on published and unpublished sources including Shklarâs correspondence, lecture notes, and other manuscripts, Giunia Gatta presents a fresh theoretical interpretation of Shklarâs liberalism as philosophically and politically radical. Beginning with a thorough reconstruction of Shklarâs life and her interest in political theory, Gatta turns her attention to examining the tension between Shklarâs critique of the term modernity and her passion for Enlightenment thinkers, including Rousseau and Hegel. In the second part of the book, Gatta roots Shklarâs liberalism of permanent minorities in her work in the history of political thought, and highlights this contribution as a fundamental recasting of liberalism as the political philosophy of outsiders. She makes a com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Giunia Gatta's book uncovers the intellectual foundation on which Shklar built her distinctive understanding of liberalism: a chastened, but unapologetic defense of Enlightenment individualism. It is especially good at drawing out the broader theoretical insights of Shklar's studies of earlier thinkers.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e- Bernard Yack, Lerman Neubauer Professor of Democracy and Public Policy, Brandeis University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Judith Shklar was a committed liberal in a time in which victory over Fascism had made liberalism confident of being on the right side of history. Shklar’s adventurous escape from a continent that had created extermination camps is an important chapter in the history of Europe and \"liberalism of fear.\" Yet Giunia Gatta’s excellent book does not lock Shklar’s political thought into the heroic past in which it was forged, but tests Shklar’s distinctive liberalism in relation to our contemporary problems. Gatta brings to life Shklar’s unique blend of skepticism and commitment, she outlines a radical and even \"agonistic\" understanding of liberalism that has the lives of the individuals, especially those at the margins, at the core of its political vocation.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e- Nadia Urbinati, Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Professor of Political Theory, Columbia University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Giunia Gatta's book digs deep among the folds of Judith Shklar's thought, bringing to light its radical, in many ways heretical, elements. Gatta masterfully rolls out Shklar's unconventional path: her 'passionate skepticism', her struggle against political cruelty that marks the distance of \"Liberalism of fear\" from mainstream liberalism, only abstractly attentive to injustice and pluralism, but in reality deaf to the voices coming from outside its own margins. \u003ci\u003eRethinking Liberalism for the 21st Century \u003c\/i\u003equestions theoretical fences and conceptual oppositions, returning to us the legacy of a thus far neglected author – Shklar – who manage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1. Stage-Setting: A Brief Biography of Judith Shklar \u003cb\u003ePart 1: On Modernity \u003c\/b\u003e2. Skepticism And Modernity 3. Putting Flesh on A Bony Everyman: The Long 18th Century Against \"Modernity\" \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Skeptic And Radical: Liberalism for the 21st Century \u003c\/b\u003e4. Skepticism, Cruelty, and Moral Minefields 5. The Liberalism of Fear as Agonistic Liberalism 6. Politics Unbounded. Justice and Citizenship from The Margins Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017971663191,"sku":"9780367590369","price":41.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367590369.jpg?v=1750775237","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rethinking-liberalism-for-the-21st-century-9780367590369","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}