Between Utopia and Realism: The Political Thought of Judith N. Shklar

From her position at Harvard University's Department of Government for over thirty-five years, Judith Shklar (1928-92) taught...
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Author: Samantha Ashenden
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Between Utopia and Realism: The Political Thought of Judith N. Shklar by Ashenden, Samantha

Between Utopia and Realism: The Political Thought of Judith N. Shklar

¥20,827

Between Utopia and Realism: The Political Thought of Judith N. Shklar

¥20,827
Author: Samantha Ashenden
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

From her position at Harvard University's Department of Government for over thirty-five years, Judith Shklar (1928-92) taught a long list of prominent political theorists and published prolifically in the domains of modern and American political thought. She was a highly original theorist of liberalism, possessing a broad and deep knowledge of intellectual history, which informed her writing in interesting and unusual ways. Her work emerged between the end of ideology discussions of the 1950s and the end of history debate of the early 1990s. Shklar contributed significantly to social and political thought by arguing for a new, more skeptical version of liberalism that brought political theory into close contact with real-life experience.

The essays collected in Between Utopia and Realism reflect on and refract Shklar's major preoccupations throughout a lifetime of thinking and demonstrate the ways in which her work illuminates contemporary debates across political theory, international relations, and law. Contributors address Shklar's critique of Cold War liberalism, interpretation of Montaigne and its connection to her genealogy of liberal morals, lectures on political obligation, focus on cruelty, and her late reflections on exile. Others consider her role as a legal theorist, her interest in literary tropes and psychological experience, and her famed skepticism.

Between Utopia and Realism showcases Shklar's approach to addressing the intractable problems of social life. Her finely honed political skepticism emphasized the importance of diagnosing problems over proffering excessively optimistic solutions. As this collection makes clear, her thought continues to be useful in addressing cruelty, limiting injustice, and combating the cynicism of the present moment.

Contributors: Samantha Ashenden, Hannes Bajohr, James Brown, Katrina Forrester, Volker M. Heins, Andreas Hess, Samuel Moyn, Thomas Osborne, William E. Scheuerman, Quentin Skinner, Philip Spencer, Tracy B. Strong, Kamila Stullerova, Bernard Yack.

Author: Samantha Ashenden
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 10/25/2019
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780812251661


Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2020

About the Author
Samantha Ashenden is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. Andreas Hess is Professor of Sociology at University College Dublin.

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