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First in a series #PWR/#BWR. Every Friday for the next few weeks I’ll tweet a “Paper/Book Worth Reading.” All assessments entirely subjective, no refunds offered, but responses/feedback much appreciated.
1st #PWR: @JedediahSPurdy and Grewal 2017, scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewconten…
1st #PWR: @JedediahSPurdy and Grewal 2017, scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewconten…
The paper’s point of departure: the trente glorieuses were not just an economic anomaly, but they left deep traces in political, economic, and legal thought. They shaped the mapping of the world most of us grew up with, the assumptions we were educated into.
The paper then highlights the key assumptions that have now been disproven. In doing so it gives a fantastic mapping of which long-dominant lines of argument are no longer valid and must be rethought.
It explains both why Rawls/Nozick/Cohen/Dworkin etc—the giants of mid-/late 20th C—were so compelling then, and why we must move beyond them today. Caps off that tradition. Should be mandatory in any intro to (contemp) pol theory class. Hugely influential for my own work. 10/10👌
