0521449618 cambridge university press public philosophy in a new key volume 1 democracy and civic freedom jan 2009

This page intentionally left blank PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY IN A NEW KEY VOLUME I DEMOCRACY AND CIVIC FREEDOM 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 The 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 james tully is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria, Canada He is one of the most influential and distinctive political philosophers writing today ideas in context 93 Public Philosophy in a New Key Volume I: Democracy and Civic Freedom ideas in context Edited by Quentin Skinner and James Tully The books in this series will discuss the emergence of intellectual traditions and of related new disciplines The procedures, aims and vocabularies that were generated will be set in the context of the alternatives available within the contemporary frameworks of ideas and institutions Through detailed studies of the evolution of such traditions, and their modification by different audiences, it is hoped that a new picture will form of the development of ideas in their concrete contexts By this means, artificial distinctions between the history of philosophy, of the various sciences, of society and politics, and of literature may be seen to dissolve The series is published with the support of the Exxon Foundation A list of books in the series will be found at the end of the volume PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY IN A NEW KEY Volume I: Democracy and Civic Freedom JAMES TULLY University of Victoria CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521449618 © In the collection James Tully 2008 This publication is in copyright Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press First published in print format 2008 ISBN-13 978-0-511-46345-7 eBook (EBL) ISBN-13 978-0-521-44961-8 hardback ISBN-13 978-0-521-72879-9 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate To Debra ... provide a survey of the language games in which the 26 Approaching practice problem and rival practical and theoretical solutions are articulated There are many methods available in Anglo-American and. .. Edward Said, Noam Chomsky, Vandana Shiva, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Iris Marion Young and Gandhi are exemplary And, as I mentioned, every engaged and reflective citizen is an inspirational public. .. The Cambridge Companion to Habermas (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 19 95); Samantha Ashenden and David Owen, eds., Foucault Contra Habermas: Recasting the Dialogue between Genealogy and