Phillip Hansen’s Reconsidering C. B. Macpherson:From Possessive Individualism to Democratic Theory and Beyond has many virtues, principal among them the fact that it casts Macpherson’s thought in what to many will be the unfamiliar light of Continental critical theory. Doing so could broaden Macpherson’s audience to include those working within this tradition. What is less clear is whether casting Macpherson’s thought in this light will yield any new insights into his historical interpretations or his democratic theory. I argue that there may be reasons to doubt that it will.

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CB Macpherson：哲学家还是激进的教育家？

菲利普·汉森重新考虑 CB 麦克弗森：从占有的个人主义到民主理论及超越有许多优点，其中最主要的一个事实是，它将麦克弗森的思想投射到对许多人来说将是不熟悉的大陆批判理论的光芒中。这样做可以扩大麦克弗森的受众，包括那些在这一传统中工作的人。不太清楚的是，从这个角度来看麦克弗森的思想是否会对他的历史解释或他的民主理论产生任何新的见解。我认为可能有理由怀疑它会这样做。