Against Autonomy: Lyotard, Judgement and Action

Name: Against Autonomy: Lyotard, Judgement and Action
Brand: Routledge
SKU: 9781138634268
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by Neal Curtis

Routledge · 2017

Neal Curtis reassesses Jean-Francois Lyotard's work and argues that the principle of autonomy cannot support a theory of justice. Aimed at students of political philosophy and continental theory.

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Against Autonomy reassesses the contribution that Jean-Francois Lyotard made to philosophy and theory. Neal Curtis asks how Lyotard's work challenges the privileged place that the principle of autonomy holds in contemporary liberal democratic thought.

The book tests that challenge against thinkers such as Rawls, Rorty and Fukuyama. Curtis contends that the political models built on autonomy cannot adequately handle questions of justice, and he sets out why they keep falling short.

Students and scholars of political philosophy, continental theory and critical theory will find the book useful. The text was first published in 2001, and it remains a reference point for debates about Lyotard.

Edition note: published by Routledge. ISBN-13: 9781138634268.