Public Philosophy in a New Key: Volume 1, Democracy and Civic Freedom

James Tully is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria, Canada. He is one of the most distinguished political philosophers in the world.

• Dedication; Acknowledgements; Credits; Introduction; Public philosophy and civic freedom: a guide to the two Volumes; Part I. Approaching Practice: 1. Public philosophy as a critical activity; 2. Situated creatively: Wittgenstein and political philosophy; 3. To think and act differently: comparing critical ethos and critical Theory; Part II. Democracy and Recognition: 4. The agonistic freedom of citizens; 5. Reimagining belonging in diverse societies; 6. Multinational democracies: an introductory sketch; Part III. Indigenous Peoples: 7. The negotiation of reconciliation; 8. The struggles of indigenous peoples for and of freedom; Conclusion: 9. Recognition, distribution and civic freedom: the emergence of a new field; Bibliography; Index.

'Overall, this is a rich and also timely work; it is historically erudite, analytically subtle and passionately engaged.' The Cambridge Law Journal