{"product_id":"toward-a-liberalism-richard-flathman-9780801422430","title":"Toward a Liberalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToward a Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Richard Flathman shows why and how political theory can contribute to the quality of moral and political practice without violating, as empiricist- and idealist-based theories tend to do, liberal commitments to individuality and plurality.\u003c\/b\u003e Exploring the tense but inevitable relationship between liberalism and authority, he advances a theory of democratic citizenship tempered by appreciation of the ways in which citizenship is implicated with and augments authority. Flathman examines the relationship of individual rights to freedom on one hand and to authority and power on the other, rejecting the quest for a single homogenous and authoritative liberal theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Flathman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801422434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801422430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Richard Flathman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065130004735,"sku":"9780801422430","price":58.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_caef376a-bb40-415b-95e3-8fc6944c3ded.jpg?v=1768673190","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/toward-a-liberalism-richard-flathman-9780801422430","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}