Thursday, 14 February 2008

jeffrey stouts spirit of democracy and



Jeffrey Stout's "THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AND THE RHETORIC OF EXCESS"

I am a Jeffrey Stout fan. Particulary I enjoy how is has carved out

something of a third way between Rawlsian public reason and religious

sectarianism. On his personal website he mentions that he is working

on a new book entitled: "Citizens in the Wilderness".

I am not certain, but I belive his essay "Democracy and the Rhetoric

of Excess" published in the Journal of Religious Ethics in the March

2007 edition offers a sample of what the new book is about. The great

news is that this essay can be read for free at the Journal of


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