Public Philosophy In A New Key 1: Democracy And Civic Freedom

Description:
These two ambitious volumes from one of the world's most celebrated political philosophers present a new kind of political and legal theory that James Tully calls a public philosophy, and a complementary new way of thinking about active citizenship, called civic freedom. Professor Tully takes the reader step-by-step through the principal debates in political theory and the major types of political struggle today. These volumes represent a genuine landmark in political theory from the author of Strange Multiplicity, one of the most influential and distinctive commentaries on politics and the contemporary world published in recent years. This first volume of Public Philosophy in a New Key consists of a presentation and defence of a contextual approach to public philosophy and civic freedom, and then goes on to study specific struggles over recognition and distribution within states.

Review:
'Overall, this is a rich and also timely work; it is historically erudite, analytically subtle and passionately engaged.' The Cambridge Law Journal

Table of Contents:
Dedication; Acknowledgements; Credits; Introduction; Public philosophy and civic freedom: a guide to the two Volumes; Part I. Approaching Practice: 1. Public philosophy as a critical activity; 2. Situated creatively: Wittgenstein and political philosophy; 3. To think and act differently: comparing critical ethos and critical Theory; Part II. Democracy and Recognition: 4. The agonistic freedom of citizens; 5. Reimagining belonging in diverse societies; 6. Multinational democracies: an introductory sketch; Part III. Indigenous Peoples: 7. The negotiation of reconciliation; 8. The struggles of indigenous peoples for and of freedom; Conclusion: 9. Recognition, distribution and civic freedom: the emergence of a new field; Bibliography; Index.

Author Biography:
James Tully is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria, Canada. He is one of the most distinguished political philosophers in the world.