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C. B. Macpherson: Philosopher or Radical Educator?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Peter Lindsay
Peter Lindsay*
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Departments of Political Science and Philosophy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Abstract

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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Canadian Journal of Philosophy , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , June 2019 , pp. 534 - 543
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Copyright © Canadian Journal of Philosophy 2018

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