Liberalism between Politics and Epistemology: A Discussion of Alessandro Ferrara’s The Democratic Horizon: Hyperpluralism and the Renewal of Political Liberalism
Abstract
n this symposium, Alessandro Ferrara’s recent book The Democratic Horizon: Hyperpluralism and the Renewal of Political Liberalism – an attempt to expand the framework of Rawls’ political liberalism in order to enable it to meet the challenge of today’s hyperpluralism – is discussed from a variety of angles by four contributors. Among the themes addressed are the potential of political liberalism for grounding a critical attitude; the different potential for accommodation offered by political liberalism for religious and moral, as opposed to economic, pluralism; Rawls’ implicit understanding of truth; the prospects of true democracy in ethnically divided societies that embrace consociationalist and particularly consensualist forms of governance; and the proper role of human rights in paths from decency to democracy from the perspective of an expanded political liberalism. In the final section, Alessandro Ferrara replies to his critics and accepts some of their suggestions.
Keywords:
political liberalism / Rawls / democratic ethos / pluralism / human rightsSource:
Political Studies Review, 2016, 23, 1Publisher:
- Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications
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- Studying climate change and its influence on environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation (RS-43007)
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IFDTTY - JOUR AU - Ferrara, Alessandro AU - Ivković, Marjan AU - Prodanović, Srđan AU - Lončar, Jelena AU - Simeunović, Bojana PY - 2016 UR - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/1683 AB - n this symposium, Alessandro Ferrara’s recent book The Democratic Horizon: Hyperpluralism and the Renewal of Political Liberalism – an attempt to expand the framework of Rawls’ political liberalism in order to enable it to meet the challenge of today’s hyperpluralism – is discussed from a variety of angles by four contributors. Among the themes addressed are the potential of political liberalism for grounding a critical attitude; the different potential for accommodation offered by political liberalism for religious and moral, as opposed to economic, pluralism; Rawls’ implicit understanding of truth; the prospects of true democracy in ethnically divided societies that embrace consociationalist and particularly consensualist forms of governance; and the proper role of human rights in paths from decency to democracy from the perspective of an expanded political liberalism. In the final section, Alessandro Ferrara replies to his critics and accepts some of their suggestions. PB - Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications T2 - Political Studies Review T1 - Liberalism between Politics and Epistemology: A Discussion of Alessandro Ferrara’s The Democratic Horizon: Hyperpluralism and the Renewal of Political Liberalism IS - 1 VL - 23 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_1683 ER -
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Ferrara, A., Ivković, M., Prodanović, S., Lončar, J.,& Simeunović, B.. (2016). Liberalism between Politics and Epistemology: A Discussion of Alessandro Ferrara’s The Democratic Horizon: Hyperpluralism and the Renewal of Political Liberalism. in Political Studies Review Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications., 23(1). https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_1683
Ferrara A, Ivković M, Prodanović S, Lončar J, Simeunović B. Liberalism between Politics and Epistemology: A Discussion of Alessandro Ferrara’s The Democratic Horizon: Hyperpluralism and the Renewal of Political Liberalism. in Political Studies Review. 2016;23(1). https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_1683 .
Ferrara, Alessandro, Ivković, Marjan, Prodanović, Srđan, Lončar, Jelena, Simeunović, Bojana, "Liberalism between Politics and Epistemology: A Discussion of Alessandro Ferrara’s The Democratic Horizon: Hyperpluralism and the Renewal of Political Liberalism" in Political Studies Review, 23, no. 1 (2016), https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_1683 .