Wiley-Blackwell A Companion to Rawls: 54 (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)

Review “An outstanding collection of 31 essays, this collection provides a wide range of material for those interested in Rawls, liberalism, and political philosophy in general. This is one of those volumes that every university library should own. Summing Up: Highly recommended.” – Choice, October 2014 "The editors aim to produce “not so much a summary of past scholarly work as a serviceable roadmap for current and future work on Rawls” (1). It is a high ambition which raises high expectations which are, happily, lived up to." - Dialogue "This Companion to Rawls is a rich collection of stimulating and critical essays, which provides us with more than a state of the art volume. The textual interpretations, contextual elucidations and illuminating connections with diverse disciplines invite the reader to explore new paths and perspectives. For students of (political) philosophy the volume will be more than a thorough introduction to the philosophy of Rawls. For well-grounded scholars, who are fully acquainted with Rawls’s works, it will open up new insights and subtleties and offer them inspiration for future research. The Companion to Rawls is a welcome contribution to Rawls scholarship, which looks beyond A Theory of Justice and does justice to the versatility and ingenuity of Rawls’s works and thoughts" - Dialogue Product Description Wide ranging and up to date, this is the single most comprehensive treatment of the most influential political philosopher of the 20th century, John Rawls. An unprecedented survey that reflects the surge of Rawls scholarship since his death, and the lively debates that have emerged from his workFeatures an outstanding list of contributors, including senior as well as “next generation” Rawls scholarsProvides careful, textually informed exegesis and well-developed critical commentary across all areas of his work, including  non-Rawlsian perspectivesIncludes discussion of new material, covering Rawls’s work from the newly published undergraduate thesis to the final writings on public reason and the law of peoplesCovers Rawls’s moral and political philosophy, his distinctive methodological commitments, and his relationships to the history of moral and political philosophy and to jurisprudence and the social sciencesIncludes discussion of his monumental 1971 book, A Theory of Justice, which is often credited as having revitalized political philosophy Review “This first-class collection of new essays on John Rawls’s work heralds a renaissance of philosophical engagement with it, a new era that takes us beyond slogans and treats the full range and subtlety of the work, considered as a whole.“—Henry S. Richardson, Georgetown University “A panoramic perspective on Rawls, from intellectual biography to textual interpretations, to his relations to other theories, theorists, and disciplines. The essays are charitable, critical, and fresh—this collection is state-of-the-art.”—Leif Wenar, King’s College London “Rawls changed political philosophy forever. Where do we go from here? Building on Rawls’s deepest insights, these essays chart several promising paths forward. A must-read for all political philosophers.”—Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University From the Inside Flap There is little doubt that John Rawls was the preeminent English speaking political philosopher of the twentieth century. His monumental 1971 book, A Theory of Justice, is often credited with revitalizing political philosophy. Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in publications on Rawls, but while the depth and significance of his work on social justice is generally acknowledged, the breadth of his contribution to philosophy is often neglected.With the publication of A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith, Rawls's corpus now stands at eight books, comprising some 3,500 pages of text. A Companion to Rawls provides a comprehensive and up-to-date study of the totality of Rawls's work