Jeremy Waldron is University Professor in the School of Law at New York University.
The problem with revolutionary politics, in short, is that it tends
to be naïve about political institutions. I can recommend no better
corrective than liberal political philosopher Jeremy Waldron, and
no better introduction to his thinking than his recently published
collection of essays, Political Political Theory… To read Waldron
is to reawaken ideas that so shape our world that they typically
only live in the background of political theory and debate. It is
to survey the pantheon of constitutional liberalism—Locke,
Montesquieu, Condorcet, Madison, Kant, Mill, et al.—to step into
their shoes and think hard about bicameralism, bills of rights, and
judicial review, and appreciate the enormity of their intellectual
and real-world achievements.
*Dissent*
This is a brilliant book. It will excite readers and spark a
revival of constitutional concerns that people might once have
believed had been consigned to the history of ideas.
*Marc Stears, University of Oxford*
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