How Can Contemporary Political Philosophy Become Applied Philosophy?
How Can Contemporary Political Philosophy Become Applied Philosophy?
Author(s): Bogdana KoljevićSubject(s): International Law, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, Government/Political systems
Published by: Институт за политичке студије
Keywords: political philosophy; responsibility; reason; liberalism; political subjectivity; democracy; international law; state sovereignty; ethics;
Summary/Abstract: In this article the author reflects on the idea of “double responsibility” of political philosophy – as responsibility towards reason and towards practice. Such analysis is presented with the challenge of neoliberalism as dominant world- view and therefore addresses the question of meaning of political philosophy as applied philosophy today. In the second part of the essay, key issues of contemporary political philosophy are articulated: political subjectivity, democracy, the future of the international law, the question of state sovereignty and the relation between ethics and politics. In conclusion, a critical examination of both contextualism and universalism is presented.
Journal: Serbian Political Thought
- Issue Year: 13/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 15-27
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English