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This book offers a new phenomenological interpretation of T.H. Green's (1836-1882) philosophy and political theory. By analyzing his theory of human practice, the moral idea, the common good, freedom and human rights, the book demonstrates that Green joins the same tradition as Kantian and Husserlian transcendentalism. The book offers a reconstruction of Green's idealism and demonstrates its potential to address contemporary debates on the nature of moral agency, positive and negative freedom and on justifying human rights.
This book argues that the distinction between positive and negative
freedom remains highly pertinent today, despite having fallen out
of fashion in the late twentieth century. It proposes a new reading
of this distinction for the twenty-first century, building on the
work of Constant, Green and Berlin who led the historical
development of these ideas. The author defends the idea that
freedom is a dynamic interaction between two inseparable, yet
sometimes fundamentally, opposed positive and negative concepts -
the yin and yang of freedom. Positive freedom is achieved when one
succeeds in doing what is right, while negative freedom is achieved
when one is able to advance one's wellbeing. In an environment of
culture wars, resurging populism and challenge to progressive
liberal values, recognising the duality of freedom can help us
better understand the political dilemmas we face and point the way
forward. The book analyses the duality of freedom in more
philosophical depth than previous studies and places it within the
context of both historical and contemporary political thinking. It
will be of interest to students and scholars of liberalism and
political theory.
Recent years have seen a growth of interest in the great English
idealist thinker T. H. Green (1836-82) as philosophers have begun
to overturn received opinions of his thought and to rediscover his
original and important contributions to ethics, metaphysics, and
political philosophy. This collection of essays by leading experts,
all but one published here for the first time, introduces and
critically examines his ideas both in their context and in their
relevance to contemporary debates.
Multiculturalism is higher on the daily political agenda than it
has ever been. Leading politicians and public commentators speak
with an unparalleled bluntness about the perceived limitations of
multiculturalism while representatives of cultural, minorities
express concern about marginalisation. This debate is taking place
against a background of fear about terrorism, the integrity of
national identities and a loosely construed 'clash of
civilizations'. Secularism is pitted against religious
fundamentalism, respect for difference against the right of freedom
of speech, integration against self-determination, and duties of
citizenship against minority rights. This book confronts the
reality of moral conflict in the debate on multiculturalism while
resisting the simplification which too frequently accompanies daily
commentary on both sides of an increasingly polarised debate. The
volume as a whole marks an important step in the attempt to examine
the underlying concepts, of the nature and legitimate extent of
disagreement, of secularism, the nature of power, the state and
citizenship, which inevitably constitute key assumptions in the
debate. Bringing together leading scholars on multiculturalism:
Gerald Gaus, Peter Jones, John Horton, Tariq Modood, Chandran
Kukathas, Bhikhu Parekh, Matthew Festenstein and Cecile Laborde,
this book discusses the latest developments in the field. It will
be of strong interest students and scholars of multiculturalism,
political science, political theory, international relations,
sociology, philosophy and anthropology.
Multiculturalism is higher on the daily political agenda than it
has ever been. Leading politicians and public commentators speak
with an unparalleled bluntness about the perceived limitations of
multiculturalism while representatives of cultural, minorities
express concern about marginalisation. This debate is taking place
against a background of fear about terrorism, the integrity of
national identities and a loosely construed 'clash of
civilizations'. Secularism is pitted against religious
fundamentalism, respect for difference against the right of freedom
of speech, integration against self-determination, and duties of
citizenship against minority rights. This book confronts the
reality of moral conflict in the debate on multiculturalism while
resisting the simplification which too frequently accompanies daily
commentary on both sides of an increasingly polarised debate. The
volume as a whole marks an important step in the attempt to examine
the underlying concepts, of the nature and legitimate extent of
disagreement, of secularism, the nature of power, the state and
citizenship, which inevitably constitute key assumptions in the
debate. Bringing together leading scholars on multiculturalism:
Gerald Gaus, Peter Jones, John Horton, Tariq Modood, Chandran
Kukathas, Bhikhu Parekh, Matthew Festenstein and Cecile Laborde,
this book discusses the latest developments in the field. It will
be of strong interest students and scholars of multiculturalism,
political science, political theory, international relations,
sociology, philosophy and anthropology.
This book argues that the distinction between positive and negative
freedom remains highly pertinent today, despite having fallen out
of fashion in the late twentieth century. It proposes a new reading
of this distinction for the twenty-first century, building on the
work of Constant, Green and Berlin who led the historical
development of these ideas. The author defends the idea that
freedom is a dynamic interaction between two inseparable, yet
sometimes fundamentally, opposed positive and negative concepts -
the yin and yang of freedom. Positive freedom is achieved when one
succeeds in doing what is right, while negative freedom is achieved
when one is able to advance one's wellbeing. In an environment of
culture wars, resurging populism and challenge to progressive
liberal values, recognising the duality of freedom can help us
better understand the political dilemmas we face and point the way
forward. The book analyses the duality of freedom in more
philosophical depth than previous studies and places it within the
context of both historical and contemporary political thinking. It
will be of interest to students and scholars of liberalism and
political theory.
This book offers a new phenomenological, interpretation of T.H.
Green's (1836-1882) philosophy and political theory. By analysing
in turn his theory of human practice, the moral idea, the common
good, freedom and human rights, the book demonstrates that Green
falls into the same tradition as Kantian and Husserlian
transcendentalism. The book offers a reconstruction of Green's
idealism and demonstrates its potential to address contemporary
debates on the nature of moral agency, positive and negative
freedom and on justifying human rights.
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