Well before her untimely death in 1992, Judith Shklar was widely
recognized as one of the outstanding political theorists of our
time. A pivotal figure in the reinvigoration of liberal theory
during the past two decades, Shklar brought to life a complex world
in which every vice has distinct political consequences and every
virtue unavoidable costs. Her unique and unusually realistic
approach to the study of liberal practices and institutions added
psychological depth as well as a bracing pragmatism to the liberal
political imagination.
In this tightly organized collection of essays, sixteen
distinguished political theorists explore Shklar's intellectual
legacy, focussing on both her own ideas and the broad range of
issues that most intrigued her. The volume opens with a series of
varied and illuminating assessments of Shklar's conception of
liberal politics. The second section, with essays on Descartes and
Racine, Hobbes, Rousseau, and Laski, emphasizes the relation
between individual freedom and moral psychology in modern political
thought. The third section addresses contemporary issues, such as
the role of hypocrisy, offensive speech, and constitutional courts
in liberal democracies. The book concludes with an autobiographical
essay by Shklar that provides a vivid sense of her singular voice
and personality.
The contributors to this volume are Bruce Ackerman, Seyla Benhabib,
John Dunn, Amy Gutmann, Stanley Hoffmann, Stephen Holmes, George
Kateb, Isaac Kramnick, Patrick Riley, Nancy Rosenblum, Quentin
Skinner, Rogers M. Smith, Tracy B. Strong, Dennis F. Thompson,
Michael Walzer, and Bernard Yack.
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