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The American Ideology
Andrew Levine
其他書名
A Critique
出版
Routledge
, 2004-05-15
主題
Political Science / General
Political Science / History & Theory
Social Science / Sociology / General
ISBN
1135942854
9781135942854
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=utmCCwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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The American Ideology explicates and criticizes two notions of reason in society: efficiency and the concept of the reasonable. Despite their considerable appeal, these notions nowadays underwrite an orientation towards public policy that is both inadequate and beneficial to elite interests; an orientation that constitutes a distinct American Ideology. To make this case, Levine traces the history of the concept of efficiency, from Hobbes, through the utilitarian tradition, to contemporary economic and philosophical paradigms; and examines the strengths and weaknesses of the democratic theory implicit in John Rawls's pioneering work on justice and political legitimacy.