Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism

John Christman is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. Joel Anderson is Research Lecturer in Philosophical Anthropology, Department of Philosophy, at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

• Contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction John Christman and Joel Anderson; Part I. The Self-Conceptions of the Autonomous Self: 2. Decentralising autonomy: five faces of selfhood Diana Tietjens Meyers; 3. The self as narrator J. David Velleman; 4. Autonomy and self identity Marina A. L. Oshana; Part II. The Interpersonal-Personal Authority and Interpersonal Recognition: 5. Taking ownership: authority and voice in autonomous agency Paul Benson; 6. Autonomy, vulnerability, recognition, and justice Joel Anderson and Axel Honneth; 7. Autonomy and male dominance Marilyn Friedman; Part III. The Social-Public Policy and Liberal Principles: 8. Republican virtue, liberal freedom, and the problem of public service Richard Dagger; 9. Liberal autonomy and consumer sovereignty Joseph Heath; 10. Political liberty: integrating five conceptions of autonomy Rainer Forst; Part IV. The Political-Liberalism, Legitimacy, and Public Reason: 11. Liberalism without agreement: political autonomy and agonistic citizenship Bert van den Brink; 12. The place of autonomy within liberalism Gerald F. Gaus; 13. Moral autonomy and personal autonomy Jeremy Waldron; 14. Autonomy, self-knowledge, and liberal legitimacy John Christman; Bibliography; Index.

Review of the hardback: '… I believe that this volume makes an important contribution both to liberal political theory and to the theory of autonomous agency by bringing together articles that address the concept of autonomy from a variety of theoretical perspectives, using a diverse range of methodologies. The volume ought to contribute to the cross-pollination of the various literatures involved.' David Copp, University of Florida