The Skillful Self: Liberalism, Culture, and the Politics of Skill
Review of Metaphysics, The › Vol. 63 Nbr. 3, March 2010
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[...] Stopford points out, Rawlsian 'politicai liberalism takes off from the fact of pluralism in the modern age. [...] culture - understood broadly by Stopford as a system of meaningful norms and human interactions - is a necessary condition for liberty, and hence liberalism must protect cultural communities and equip individuals to participate meaningfully in them.
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The Skillful Self: Liberalism, Culture, and the Politics of Skill
STOPFORD, John. The Skillful Self: Liberalism, Culture, and the Politics of Skill. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009. xv + 235 pp. Cloth, $75.00 - Stopford's impressive work brings approaches and insights from political theory, sociology, and psychology to bear on t...
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