Complacent and Conservative? Redeeming the Liberalism of Fear

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ID6395166
AuthorsEdward Hall (0000-0002-8228-6502, University of Sheffield, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume85
Issue3
Pages1064-1078
Publication date2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/722343
OpenAlexW4297890208
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited16

This study seeks to correct several prominent misreadings of Judith Shklar’s liberalism of fear in recent scholarship. By exploring and developing overlooked elements of Shklar’s thought, I argue that the liberalism of fear motivates a perspective on the political world that can spur more clear-eyed political reflection on concrete realities in order to improve the plight of the weak and the powerless. I illustrate that this fatally compromises the interpretative line recently defended by critics who position themselves to Shklar’s left that regards the liberalism of fear as a stifling form of Cold War liberalism

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