Political thought and political thinkers1998

Judith Shklar was for decades one of the most influential professors at Harvard, training generations of some of the best known political theorists working today. She remains one of this century's most important liberal scholars, whose legacy of work testifies to her intellect and her passion for understanding. Political Thought and Political Thinkers brings together twenty-one essays written over her nearly forty-year career. The selection by Stanley Hoffmann includes published material that is difficult to locate as well as unpublished work. Including her classic "The Liberalism of Fear," these essays develop the major themes with which Shklar grappled and places them against the backdrop of the grim history of the twentieth century. This collection captures Shklar's broad range of interests - from the place of the intellect in the modern political world to the dangers of identity politics - and showcases her distinctive defense of liberalism.