Richard E Flathman Situated Concepts Virtuosity Liberalism And Opalescent Individuality 2017th Edition P E Digeser Ed by P. E. Digeser (ed.) 9781317527435, 9781315723266, 9781138852808, 1138852805, 1315723263, 1317527437 instant download after payment.

Richard E. Flathman is a ground-breaking theorist of key political concepts, a fierce defender of individuality, a close and original reader of Hobbes and an advocate of a willful conception of liberalism. In this volume P E Digeser draws together some of his key works. The collection is framed by an introduction and an interview with Flathman, where he reflects on his contributions. By thinking through and with Wittgenstein's later philosophy of language, his work clarifies and refines terms that are central to politics and to the tradition of political thought. His work also seeks to cure certain persistent muddles and confusions in our political concepts as well as create and defend a space for the opaque and opalescent features of ourselves. Flathman advances a liberalism that is more open to and celebratory of the idiosyncratic as well as to voices not ordinarily associated with the liberal tradition. -- Provided by Publisher Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Equality, authority, rights, and philosophy as therapy -- 1 Equality and generalization, a formal analysis (1967) -- 2 Wittgenstein's philosophy of language and political and social philosophy (1973) -- 3 Authority and the \"surrender\" of individual judgment (1980) -- 4 Liberalism and authority (1989) -- 5 The theory of rights and the practice of abortion (1989) -- Part II Situating and disciplining freedom -- 6 Kinds of freedom (1987) This work helps highlights how the innovations in Flathman's thought have shaped the field of political theory and will be of interest to students and scholars alike.