Reason and Self-Enactment in History and Politics: Themes and Voices of Modernity (Volume 40) (McGill-Queen's Studies in the Hist of Id) - Barnard, F. M.

Clean, tight, unmarked; very slightest of wear to inside corners; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; F.M. Barnard goes beyond the 17th century understanding of the social contract by making national self-enacting contingent on public reasons for individual liberty within civic mutuality. He examines the possibilities and limits for a self-enacting, principled politics, acknowledging reason and self-enactment as central concepts of historical and political thinking. he argues, however, that reason must be seen as practical reason, which only indirectly acts as a cause, while self-enactment must be understood as operating in relation to reciprocity with the other. This book also offers a reappraisal of basic political principles and constructs. Barnard argues for bridging differences among a plurality of truths and forming practical judgments through cultivation of a sense of situational appropriateness. 
Near Fine
Soft cover
McGill-Queen's University Press
2007
Montreal, QC