Rousseau and Critical Theory

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-35637-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 56 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 121 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Critical Theory

In Rousseau and Critical Theory, Alessandro Ferrara argues that among the modern philosophers who have shaped the world we inhabit, Rousseau is the one to whom we owe the idea that identity can be a source of normativity (moral and political) and that an identity's potential for playing such a role rests on its capacity for being authentic. This normative idea of authenticity brings unity to Rousseau's reflections on the negative effects of the social order, on the just political order, on education, and more generally, on ethics. It is also shown to contain important teachings for contemporary Critical Theory, contemporary views of self-constitution (Korsgaard, Frankfurt and Larmore), and contemporary political philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ferrara, Alessandro

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Aufklärung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 18. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Alessandro Ferrara, Ph.D. (1984) UC Berkeley, is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy). He has authored several monographs, including The Democratic Horizon. Hyperpluralism and the Renewal of Political Liberalism (Cambridge U.P., 2014).