Political Illiberalism: A Defense of Freedom - Paperback

by Peter L. P. Simpson (Author)

This book deconstructs the story of liberalism that John Rawls, author of Political Liberalism, and many others have put forward. Peter L.P. Simpson argues that political liberalism is despotic because it denies to politics a concern with the comprehensive human good; political illiberalism overcomes this despotism and restores genuine freedom.

Author Biography

Peter L. P. Simpson is professor of philosophy and classics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of Goodness and Nature and The Politics of Aristotle.