Liberalism, Neoliberalism, Social Democracy: Thin Communitarian Perspectives on Political Philosophy and Education (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)

This volume discusses democracy and education within the context of a critique of liberalism and the justification of a new global conception of social justice. Olssen fundamentally picks arguments with standard liberal accounts and critically examines liberal concepts and ideas. Olssen demonstrates how liberal ideals need revision in a global age and that liberalism's fundamental conceptions relating to the individual, social justice, morality or ethics are not up to the task demanded of them. However, the book goes beyond the many critiques of liberalism, arguing for a new way forward in a global age, which preserves the centrally important values of liberal philosophy, viz. freedom and the rule of law.Olssen, Mark is the author of 'Liberalism, Neoliberalism, Social Democracy: Thin Communitarian Perspectives on Political Philosophy and Education (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought)', published 2009 under ISBN 9780415957045 and ISBN 0415957044.