Politics without Reason - The Perfect World and the Liberal Ideal (Hardcover, New)

This book explores the common thread holding together seemingly diverse tendencies in attacks on liberalism. The author argues that ambivalence about the self and about desire as an expression of the self fosters the intense animosity we observe directed toward the liberal ideal. Ambivalence arises because the self is viewed as the locus of a destructive form of desire, one that must be controlled and repressed. The author argues that speaking of ambivalence toward the self is another way of speaking of ambivalence toward freedom, an ambivalence expressed in the impulse toward coercion that plays such a powerful role in the attack on liberalism.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2008
First published:	November 2008
Authors:	D. Levine
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	207
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-60377-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies
LSN:	0-230-60377-7
Barcode:	9780230603776

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