John Rawls and American Pragmatism - Between Engagement and Avoidance (Hardcover)

The textual and contextual connections between John Rawls's intellectual figure and American pragmatism (broadly conceived) have become topics of discussion only recently. This is at least in part due to the fact that Rawls seemed to have taken a "pragmatic turn" in his intellectual trajectory—from A Theory of Justice (1971) to Political Liberalism (1993). John Rawls and American Pragmatism: Between Engagement and Avoidance intervenes in these discussions with two unconventional claims corroborated by archival research. First, Daniele Botti shows that Rawls's thinking owes more to the American pragmatists' views than is generally recognized. Second, and in the light of the pragmatist sources of Rawls's thinking, Botti argues that we should reverse the common narrative about Rawls's alleged pragmatic turn and interpret it as a quite "un-pragmatic" one. By making the case for interpreting Rawls as an American pragmatist, this book profoundly transforms not only a widely held interpretation about Rawls's intellectual trajectory, but also our understanding of the American philosophical vicissitude in the second half of the twentieth century.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2019
Authors:	Daniele Botti
Dimensions:	226 x 160 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-9831-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > General Books > History > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	1-4985-9831-5
Barcode:	9781498598316

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