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Fundamentalism: examining the role of public reason in ‘non-liberal’ approaches to ‘unreasonable’ doctrines

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Fundamentalism: examining the role of public reason in ‘non-liberal’ approaches to ‘unreasonable’ doctrines. / Johnson, Matthew Thomas; Mabon, Simon Paul.
In: Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 53, No. 2, 2018, p. 195-210.

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Johnson, MT & Mabon, SP 2018, 'Fundamentalism: examining the role of public reason in ‘non-liberal’ approaches to ‘unreasonable’ doctrines', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 195-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2018.1447548

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Johnson, M. T., & Mabon, S. P. (2018). Fundamentalism: examining the role of public reason in ‘non-liberal’ approaches to ‘unreasonable’ doctrines. Australian Journal of Political Science, 53(2), 195-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2018.1447548

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Johnson MT, Mabon SP. Fundamentalism: examining the role of public reason in ‘non-liberal’ approaches to ‘unreasonable’ doctrines. Australian Journal of Political Science. 2018;53(2):195-210. Epub 2018 Mar 9. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2018.1447548

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Johnson, Matthew Thomas ; Mabon, Simon Paul. / Fundamentalism : examining the role of public reason in ‘non-liberal’ approaches to ‘unreasonable’ doctrines. In: Australian Journal of Political Science. 2018 ; Vol. 53, No. 2. pp. 195-210.

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abstract = "In this article, we examine ways in which critics of liberalism come to adopt, without acknowledgement, {\textquoteleft}liberal{\textquoteright} forms of public reason in responding to homogenising tendencies of fundamentalist doctrines. We focus on the divergent approaches of John Gray and Slavoj {\v Z}i{\v z}ek, arguing that the former upholds a comprehensive form of liberalism, while the latter upholds a political form popular among policy makers who endorse a {\textquoteleft}fundamentalism{\textquoteright}/{\textquoteleft}extremism{\textquoteright} dichotomy. We argue that the latter fails to recognise that {\textquoteleft}philosophical{\textquoteright} unreasonableness often translates into political unreasonableness. Examining these non-liberal approaches not only indicates the apparent value of reason as reciprocity, it also supports a long-held charge against liberalism: that it is not able to uphold its promise of accommodating radical forms of diversity.",
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