Therapeutic Politics
Rawls's Respect for Rousseau
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6401340 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John M Warner, James R Zink (0009-0009-0466-4959) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-140 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670515000893 |
| OpenAlex | W2234396369 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
For nearly half a century democratic citizens have been preoccupied with the search for self-respect. Though classical liberalism places this question outside its purview and many commentators see in such a concern evidence of a “thin-skinned” political culture, John Rawls has recently provided serious arguments for the political relevance of self-respect. These arguments, we claim, are deeply indebted to the social and political theory of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, whose deep albeit underexamined influence on Rawls shows itself both in Rawls's conception of the social problem as well as in his solution to it. Rawls's belief that the provision of self-respect can solve the social problem is uniquely Rousseauan not only because of its emphasis on equality but also because it suggests political life can and must reconcile the conflicts between self and society at a fundamental level
Classical liberalism · Democracy · Epistemology · General Will · Liberalism · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Public reason · Relevance (law · Social contract · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theory and Influence
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |