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| Title: |
The Prospects for Political Liberalism in Non-Western Societies |
| Author: |
Bilgin, Mehmet Fevzi |
| Appeared in: |
Critical review of international social and political philosophy |
| Paging: | Volume 10 (2007) nr. 3 pages 359-376 |
| Year: |
2007-09 |
| Contents: |
This article assesses the prospects for the adoption of Rawls's political liberalism in non-Western contexts. The argument centers on the religious resurgence in non-Western societies and presents an evaluation of the viability and acceptability of political liberal principles in the face of the normative, theoretical and practical challenges posed by this development. Political liberalism emerges as a significant theoretical and normative resource; nevertheless, the socio-political conditions in non-Western societies may fall short of satisfying the sociological requirements of political liberalism. A strong historical interpretation of Rawls's sociological assumptions suggests that relatively younger and developing democracies where religious movements are in the ascendant, will have to wait centuries to live up to the social and moral standards of political liberalism. This article comes to a less negative conclusion. The normative arguments of political liberalism can rest on weaker sociological assumptions that do not require such a long period of time to emerge as Rawls appears to suppose. Indeed, the institution of a political liberal regime may be the condition of its own success, encouraging in its own right the necessary political reasonableness among religious views. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
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