Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. I: Liberalism and Hyper-Liberalism
4. 1. Liberalism in the Cross-Hairs of Theory 3
5. 2. The Proper Bounds of Self 18
6. 3. Reconciling Liberty and Equality 21
7. 4. Cruelty First 25
8. 5. Liberalism as Neutralism 28
9. 6. Revising the Self 35
10. 7. Liberalism, Pluralism, and Religion 44
11. 8. Richard Rorty's Liberalism 51
12. 9. Foucault's Hyper-Liberalism 64
13. II: Interrogating Modernity
14. 10. Do We Need a Philosophical Ethics? Theory, Prudence, and the Primacy of Ethos 83
15. 11. Rescuing the Rationalist Heritage 95
16. 12. Accepting Finitude 102
17. 13. Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss: The Uncommenced Dialogue 105
18. Appendix: Response from a Colleague, with a Rejoinder 118
19. 14. Eros and the Bourgeoisie 134
20. 15. Left-Wing Conservatism: The Legacy of Christopher Lasch 139
21. 16. Hermeneutical Generosity and Social Criticism 151
22. 17. Thin Ice 167
23. III: Political Judgment Revisited
24. 18. Practical Wisdom 175
25. 19. Science and Wisdom 178
26. 20. Rereading Hannah Arendt's Kant Lectures 184
27. Notes 195
28. Index 229