Hall, E. orcid.org/0000-0002-3749-6228 (2023) Complacent and conservative? Redeeming the Liberalism of Fear. The Journal of Politics, 85 (3). pp. 1064-1078. ISSN 0022-3816
Abstract
This article seeks to correct several prominent misreadings of Judith Shklar’s liberalism of fear in recent scholarship. By exploring and developing overlooked elements of Shklar’s thought, I argue that the liberalism of fear motivates a perspective on the political world that can spur more clear-eyed political reflection on concrete realities in order to improve the plight of the weak and the powerless. I illustrate that this fatally compromises the interpretative line recently defended by critics who position themselves to Shklar’s left which regards the liberalism of fear as a stifling and complacent form of cold war liberalism.
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Keywords: | Judith Shklar; the liberalism of fear; cruelty; intimidation; inequality |
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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) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number The Leverhulme Trust RF-2021-014 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2022 06:48 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2024 10:25 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1086/722343 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:189710 |