{"product_id":"politics-and-passion-michael-walzer-9780300115369","title":"Politics and Passion: Toward a More Egalitarian Liberalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA preeminent political theorist argues--against prevailing liberal theory--for the role of passion in political life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Liberalism is egalitarian in principle, but why doesn't it do more to promote equality in practice? In this book, the distinguished political philosopher Michael Walzer offers a critique of liberal theory and demonstrates that crucial realities have been submerged in the evolution of contemporary liberal thought.\u003cp\u003eIn the standard versions of liberal theory, autonomous individuals deliberate about what ought to be done--but in the real world, citizens also organize, mobilize, bargain, and lobby. The real world is more contentious than deliberative. Ranging over hotly contested issues including multiculturalism, pluralism, difference, civil society, and racial and gender justice, Walzer suggests ways in which liberal theory might be revised to make it more hospitable to the claims of equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining profound learning with practical wisdom, Michael Walzer offers a provocative reappraisal of the core tenets of liberal thought. \u003ci\u003ePolitics and Passion\u003c\/i\u003e will\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebe required reading for anyone interested in social justice--and the means by which we seek to achieve it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Walzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300115369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300115369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Michael Walzer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076000084223,"sku":"9780300115369","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fbccaacd-fac8-4847-90d7-2db83a7389a3.jpg?v=1685462618","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/politics-and-passion-michael-walzer-9780300115369","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}