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Redeeming American Political Thought

By: Judith N. Shklar

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Redeeming American Political Thought

By: Judith N. Shklar

A collection of thirteen essays on American political thought.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226753476

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9780226753478

On Political Obligation

By: Judith N. Shklar

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A compelling set of lectures on political obligation that contributes to ongoing debates in political theory and intellectual history This stimulating collection of lectures by the late Judith Shklar on political obligation is paired with a scholarly introduction that offers an overview of her life, illuminates the connections among her teaching, research, and publications, and explains why her lectures still resonate with us and contribute to current debates in political theory and intellectual history.

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Yale University Press

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0300245416

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9780300245417

Political Thought and Political Thinkers

By: Judith N. Shklar

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Political Thought and Political Thinkers

By: Judith N. Shklar

A collection of twenty-one essays written over Shklar's forty-year career as a professor at Harvard University.

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436

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University of Chicago Press

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0226753468

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9780226753461

After Utopia

The Decline of Political Faith

By: Judith N. Shklar

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After Utopia

The Decline of Political Faith

By: Judith N. Shklar

A political philosophy classic from one of the foremost political thinkers of the twentieth century After Utopia was Judith Shklar’s first book, a harbinger of her renowned career in political philosophy. Throughout the many changes in political thought during the last half century, this important work has withstood the test of time. In After Utopia, Shklar explores the decline of political philosophy, from Enlightenment optimism to modern cultural despair, and she offers a critical, creative analysis of this downward trend. She looks at Romantic and Christian social thought, and she shows that while the present political fatalism may be unavoidable, the prophets of despair have failed to explain the world they so dislike, leaving the possibility of a new and vigorous political philosophy. With a foreword by Samuel Moyn, examining After Utopia’s continued relevance, this current edition introduces a remarkable synthesis of ideas to a new generation of readers.

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Princeton University Press

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0691200866

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9780691200866

The Faces of Injustice

By: Judith N. Shklar

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The Faces of Injustice

By: Judith N. Shklar

How can we distinguish between injustice and misfortune? What can we learn from the victims of calamity about the sense of injustice they harbor? In this book a distinguished political theorist ponders these and other questions and formulates a new political and moral theory of injustice that encompasses not only deliberate acts of cruelty or unfairness but also indifference to such acts. Judith N. Shklar draws on the writings of Plato, Augustine, and Montaigne, three skeptics who gave the theory of injustice its main structure and intellectual force, as well as on political theory, history, social psychology, and literature from sources as diverse as Rosseau, Dickens, Hardy, and E. L. Doctorow. Shklar argues that we cannot set rigid rules to distinguish instances of misfortune from injustice, as most theories of justice would have us do, for such definitions would not take into account historical variability and differences in perception and interest between the victims and spectators. From the victim's point of view--whether it be one who suffered in an earthquake or as a result of social discrimination--the full definition of injustice must include not only the immediate cause of disaster but also our refusal to prevent and then to mitigate the damage, or what Shklar calls passive injustice. With this broader definition comes a call for greater responsibility from both citizens and public servants. When we attempt to make political decisions about what to do in specific instances of injustice, says Shklar, we must give the victim's voice its full weight. This is in keeping with the best impulses of democracy and is our only alternative to a complacency that is bound to favor the unjust.

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Yale University Press

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0300056702

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9780300056709

Men and Citizens

A Study of Rousseau's Social Theory

By: Judith N. Shklar

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Men and Citizens

A Study of Rousseau's Social Theory

By: Judith N. Shklar

Cambridge paperback library. First published 1969. Includes bibliographical references. 5.

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CUP Archive

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0521316405

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9780521316408

Freedom and Independence

A Study of the Political Ideas of Hegel's Phenomenology of Mind

By: Judith N. Shklar

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Freedom and Independence

A Study of the Political Ideas of Hegel's Phenomenology of Mind

By: Judith N. Shklar

This book was written to guide students of political theory who want to understand Hegel's political ideas as they appear in The Phenomenology of Mind.

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242

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Cambridge University Press

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0521143241

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9780521143240

American Citizenship

The Quest for Inclusion

By: Judith N. Shklar

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American Citizenship

The Quest for Inclusion

By: Judith N. Shklar

In this illuminating look at what constitutes American citizenship, Judith Shklar identifies the right to vote and the right to work as the defining social rights and primary sources of public respect. She demonstrates that in recent years, although all profess their devotion to the work ethic, earning remains unavailable to many who feel and are consequently treated as less than full citizens.

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Harvard University Press

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0674022165

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9780674022164

Ordinary Vices

By: Judith N. Shklar

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Ordinary Vices

By: Judith N. Shklar

The seven deadly sins of Christianity represent the abysses of character, whereas Shklar's "ordinary vices"--cruelty, hypocrisy, snobbery, betrayal, and misanthropy--are merely treacherous shoals, flawing our characters with mean-spiritedness and inhumanity. Shklar draws from a brilliant array of writers--Moliere and Dickens on hypocrisy, Jane Austen on snobbery, Shakespeare and Montesquieu on misanthropy, Hawthorne and Nietzsche on cruelty, Conrad and Faulkner on betrayal--to reveal the nature and effects of the vices. She examines their destructive effects, the ambiguities of the moral problems they pose to the liberal ethos, and their implications for government and citizens: liberalism is a difficult and challenging doctrine that demands a tolerance of contradiction, complexity, and the risks of freedom.

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Harvard University Press

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0674641752

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Legalism

Law, Morals, and Political Trials

By: Judith N. Shklar

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Legalism

Law, Morals, and Political Trials

By: Judith N. Shklar

Incisively and stylishly written, this book constitutes an open challenge to reconsider the fundamental question of the relationship of law to society.

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Harvard University Press

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0674523512

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Political Thought and Political Thinkers

By: Judith N. Shklar

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Political Thought and Political Thinkers

By: Judith N. Shklar

Ethics described Judith Shklar as "a towering presence" at Harvard for decades, an "influential teacher and mentor to many of the best known political theorists working today in the United States." One of this century's most important liberal scholars, she is remembered for her "sharp intellect, forceful personality, and passionate intellectual honesty and curiosity." Political Thought and Political Thinkers makes startlingly clear her role in the reinvigoration of liberal theory that has been taking place over the last two decades. This second volume of Shklar's work—which follows the 1997 publication of Redeeming American Political Thought—brings together heretofore uncollected (and several unpublished) essays on a number of themes, including the place of the intellect in the modern political world and the dangers of identity politics. While many of these essays have been previously published, they remain far from accessible. In collecting the work scattered over the past forty years in journals and other publications, noted political theorist Stanley Hoffmann provides an essential guide to Shklar's thought, complemented by George Kateb's comprehensive introduction to her work. Hoffmann's selection, which includes Shklar's classic essay "The Liberalism of Fear," showcases her distinctive defense of liberalism and follows her explorations in this history of moral and political thought as she engages with Bergson, Arendt, and Rousseau. Political Thought and Political Thinkers displays one of the century's most compelling and flexible intellects in action and is the definitive collection of her work on European history and thinkers. "Shklar's legacy is an inspiring example of liberal thought at its arresting best, unflinchingly courageous and unmoved by the dreary and unmeaning harmonies conjured up by theories of justice and rights."—John Gray, Times Literary Supplement Judith N. Shklar (1928-1992) was Cowles Professor of Government at Harvard University and the author of nine books in political theory.

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0226753441

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American Citizenship

The Quest for Inclusion

By: Judith N. Shklar

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The Quest for Inclusion

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After Utopia

The Decline of Political Faith

By: Judith N. Shklar

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The Decline of Political Faith

By: Judith N. Shklar

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Princeton University Press

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Redeeming American Political Thought

Redeeming American Political Thought

On Political Obligation

On Political Obligation

Political Thought and Political Thinkers

Political Thought and Political Thinkers

After Utopia

After Utopia

The Faces of Injustice

The Faces of Injustice

Men and Citizens

Men and Citizens

Freedom and Independence

Freedom and Independence

American Citizenship

American Citizenship

Ordinary Vices

Ordinary Vices

Legalism

Legalism

Political Thought and Political Thinkers

Political Thought and Political Thinkers

American Citizenship

American Citizenship

After Utopia

After Utopia

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