Description: In Rousseau and Critical Theory, Alessandro Ferrara argues that an implicit normative understanding of the authenticity of an identity brings unity to Rousseau's multifarious lifework and contains important teachings for contemporary Critical Theory, views of self-constitution and political philosophy.
Brief description: Alessandro Ferrara, Ph.D. (1984) UC Berkeley, is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy). He has authored several monographs, including The Democratic Horizon. Hyperpluralism and the Renewal of Political Liberalism (Cambridge U.P., 2014).