The Political Theory of Modus Vivendi

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Horton, John (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Westphal, Manon (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Willems, Ulrich (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Political theory.; Political philosophy.; Democracy.; Political Theory.; Political Philosophy.
• Physical Description: X, 272 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319790787
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-79078-7

This book focuses on the idea of a modus vivendi as a way of governing political life and addressing problems characterized by pluralism or deep-rooted diversity. The individual essays illustrate both the merits and the limitations of a political theory of modus vivendi; how it might be interpreted and developed; specific challenges entailed by articulating it in a convincing form; what its institutional implications might be; and how it relates to other seminal issues and concepts in political theory; such as legitimacy, toleration, the social contract, etc. The book makes a significant contribution to the discussion on the scope and limits of liberal political theory, and on how to deal politically with deep-rooted diversity.