Reflections of Equality - Couverture souple

Menke, Christoph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0804744742 ISBN 13 : 9780804744744

Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This book brings a new perspective--mainly out of German intellectual discussions rooted in Hegel--to bear on the problems of equality as discussed in Anglo-American conceptions of liberalism. Menke argues that the idea of equality is at the heart of political modernity. At the same time, political modernity is characterized by an attitude of critical reflection on the notion of equality in view of its consequences for the lives of individuals. This book explores the sources and legitimacy as well as the limitations and problems of this attitude toward equality in the work of such thinkers as Adorno, Habermas, Derrida, Hegel, Luhmann, Nietzsche, Rawls, and Schmitt. Looking at key texts in modern political philosophy, the author develops the claim that there is a basic and irreconcilable conflict in justice: between general demands of equality and attention to the individual. In a debate with contemporary Anglo-American liberal philosophy's concepts of rights, the political process is thereby understood as an interminable strife and negotation between equality and individuality.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Christoph Menke is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Potsdam, Germany. He is the author of four books in German. The Sovereignty of Art: Aesthetic Negativity in Adorno and Derrida (1999) was his first book translated into English.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stanford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0804744742
• ISBN 13: 9780804744744
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 277
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible