Democracy After Liberalism: Pragmatism and Deliberative Politics

by Robert B. Talisse

This book critically evaluates liberalism, the dominant attempt in the tradition of political philosophy to provide a philosophical foundation for democracy, and argues for a conception of deliberative democracy to meet this need.

Genres: Politics, Philosophy

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 12, 2004

About the author

Robert B. Talisse is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. His central research area is democratic theory, where he pursues issues concerning legitimacy, justice, and public political argumentation.

A native of New Jersey, Talisse earned his PhD in Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center in 2001. He is the author of more than 100 scholarly articles and 13 academic books. He is also the host of two academic podcasts Why We Argue and New Books in Philosophy. With his frequent collaborator Scott Aikin, Talisse also writes a monthly column at the site 3 Quarks Daily.