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John Rawls' Theory of Institutionalism: The Historical Movement Toward Liberal Democracy
Author(s): Shaomeng Li (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Sept. 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773438726
- ISBN-13: 9780773438729
Book Description
Institutionalism has been attracting fruitful research in the social science for more than a century, but its empirical orientation has made it of little interest to philosophers until now. This book develops institutionalism into a normative and philosophical theory with the power to explain the historical development of institutions. Thereby it sheds new light on Rawlsian scholarship and provides a more coherent interpretation of Rawla’s whole system. It argues that Rawl’s theory of justice is an institutionalist justification of liberal democracy from the internal perspective of a democratic citizen.
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Institutionalism has been attracting fruitful research in the social science for more than a century, but its empirical orientation has made it of little interest to philosophers until now. This book develops institutionalism into a normative and philosophical theory with the power to explain the historical development of institutions. Thereby it sheds new light on Rawlsian scholarship and provides a more coherent interpretation of Rawla’s whole system. It argues that Rawl’s theory of justice is an institutionalist justification of liberal democracy from the internal perspective of a democratic citizen.
About the Author
Dr. Li teaches at Beijing Normal University and the Central Party School in Beijing, China. He got his first Ph.D degree from Beijing University in 2000, and his second from the University of Tennessee in 2007. Well educated in Chinese classics and western philosophy, he studies political philosophy with a focus on its historical and cultural background.
