- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation (12 Aug 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1441161147
- ISBN-13: 978-1441161147
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,667,130 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"[The book] will be a useful addition to any educational library."
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"Eric Weber provides a well considered and carefully crafted analysis of the work of John Rawls from a Pragmatist perspective. Chapter six alone, 'Dewey and Rawls on Education,' is worth the price of admission." (Larry A. Hickman, Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University, USA) "Eric Thomas Weber's comparative study identifies a deep Kantian tension between constructivism and representationalism in Rawls. His well informed, very clear and persuasive critique of Rawls highlights the many resources of Dewey's constructivism and constructivist epistemology for democratic political philosophy." (Tom Rockmore, Duquesne University, USA) "Eric Thomas Weber's excellent book raises a constructivist challenge against Rawls's constructivism... Weber's Deweyan critique of Rawls's constructivist conception of justice points to the difficulty in grasping Kantian constructivism. In Rawls's writings, the reference to Kantian constructivism is so vague as to be essentially meaningless. That is one of the implications of this very useful book." (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Tom Rockmore, Duquesne University Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews) Eric Thomas Weber's excellent book raises a constructivist challenge against Rawls's constructivism... In his short, tightly-argued book, Weber further develops the constructivist criticism of Rawls in creatively comparing and contrasting the views of Rawls and Dewey. (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews)"
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TOUR DE FORCE
23 April 2011
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Eric Weber's first book is a TOUR DE FORCE, in terms of its contribution to existing scholarship on John Dewey and John Rawls. In it, he expertly draws upon Dewey's constructivism in order to critically assess Rawls's Kantian constructivism. Having worked on Rawlsian political philosophy for several years, and as a Dewey scholar myself, I worried that the book would be a mere rehashing of previous scholarly views on the two thinkers' ideas. It is not.
The author offers insightful readings of works by Dewey, Rawls, Peirce, Locke, Hegel and several meta-ethicists. He evaluates the epistemological assumptions behind Rawls's theories of justice and political liberalism in ways that I've never seen before. I learned something new in each chapter. Indeed, I plan to assign the chapter on social contract theories to students in my introduction to social-political philosophy course next term. Since it is so clearly written, the book would make an excellent teaching tool.
I strongly believe that Eric Weber's book proves Robert Talisse wrong. In Talisse's recent paper "John Rawls and American Pragmatisms," he writes: "The fact is that Rawls's views have not been well-received by philosophers who identify as pragmatists. Indeed, today's pragmatists tend to be overtly hostile to Rawls." While Weber is certainly critical of Rawls, he is never "overtly hostile." Rather, his criticisms are leveled in a melioristic spirit, aiming to improve the discourse about Rawls's political ideas by closely scrutinizing their epistemological assumptions from a pragmatist perspective.
Anyone seriously interested in political ideas should DEFINITELY read this book.
The author offers insightful readings of works by Dewey, Rawls, Peirce, Locke, Hegel and several meta-ethicists. He evaluates the epistemological assumptions behind Rawls's theories of justice and political liberalism in ways that I've never seen before. I learned something new in each chapter. Indeed, I plan to assign the chapter on social contract theories to students in my introduction to social-political philosophy course next term. Since it is so clearly written, the book would make an excellent teaching tool.
I strongly believe that Eric Weber's book proves Robert Talisse wrong. In Talisse's recent paper "John Rawls and American Pragmatisms," he writes: "The fact is that Rawls's views have not been well-received by philosophers who identify as pragmatists. Indeed, today's pragmatists tend to be overtly hostile to Rawls." While Weber is certainly critical of Rawls, he is never "overtly hostile." Rather, his criticisms are leveled in a melioristic spirit, aiming to improve the discourse about Rawls's political ideas by closely scrutinizing their epistemological assumptions from a pragmatist perspective.
Anyone seriously interested in political ideas should DEFINITELY read this book.
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