Hall, E. orcid.org/0000-0002-3749-6228 (Accepted: 2023) Ideological self-consciousness: Judith Shklar on legalism, liberalism, and the purposes of political theory. Social Philosophy and Policy. ISSN 0265-0525 (In Press)
Abstract
Judith Shklar once remarked that the mere presence of ideology is not objectionable but that pretended immunity to ideology is. I scrutinise this suggestion and Shklar’s subsequent view that social theorists should acknowledge that their ideological impulses influence both their methods of study and the questions they pursue. I begin by focusing on the different ways that Shklar characterised ideology before turning to her critique of legalism. I then chart various ways that Shklar’s call for ideologically self-aware political theorising feeds into her later work. I conclude by examining what ideological self-consciousness implies for our understanding of the purpose and limits of political theory.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. This is an author-produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Social Philosophy and Policy. This version is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). | ||||
Keywords: | Judith Shklar; ideology; legalism; pluralism; liberalism of fear | ||||
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield | ||||
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) | ||||
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Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield | ||||
Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2023 13:11 | ||||
Last Modified: | 07 Mar 2023 13:58 | ||||
Status: | In Press | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
Refereed: | Yes |