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Philosophical interpretation in the work of Michael Walzer

Philosophical interpretation in the work of Michael Walzer
Philosophical interpretation in the work of Michael Walzer
Walzer's work has been criticised by liberal writers on the grounds of its interpretive underpinnings, which have been equated with communitarianism. Theorists working in branches of radical political theory (such as feminism, critical theory or post-structuralism) have generally accepted this criticism and considered Walzer's work excessively conservative. Its influence on radical political theory has therefore been abbreviated. But the contention of this article is that, properly understood, the grounds on which Walzer takes issue with objectivist liberalism closely resemble those advanced within radical political theory, and therefore his work can be rescued from its conservative associations
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Armstrong, Chris
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Armstrong, Chris
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Armstrong, Chris (2000) Philosophical interpretation in the work of Michael Walzer. Politics, 20 (2), 87-92. (doi:10.1111/1467-9256.00116).

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Walzer's work has been criticised by liberal writers on the grounds of its interpretive underpinnings, which have been equated with communitarianism. Theorists working in branches of radical political theory (such as feminism, critical theory or post-structuralism) have generally accepted this criticism and considered Walzer's work excessively conservative. Its influence on radical political theory has therefore been abbreviated. But the contention of this article is that, properly understood, the grounds on which Walzer takes issue with objectivist liberalism closely resemble those advanced within radical political theory, and therefore his work can be rescued from its conservative associations

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Published date: 2000

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Local EPrints ID: 34911
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34911
PURE UUID: 44b91101-fd7b-4f8a-8eb3-da0147ed9554
ORCID for Chris Armstrong: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7462-5316

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Date deposited: 28 Jul 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:47

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