Ebook: New French Thought: Political Philosophy

This anthology brings into English for the first time essays by some of the best young French political thinkers writing today, including Marcel Gauchet, Pierre Manent, Luc Ferry, and Alain Renaut. The central theme of these essays is liberal democracy: its nature, development, problems, and fundamental legitimacy. Lilla's introduction provides the historical background to the revival of French political thought about liberalism.