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[This] is a beautifully written meditation on the sources of political meaning that cannot be justified by rational argumentation. It challenges the reader to acknowledge that politics is a fundamentally amoral enterprise that resembles romantic love more than rational debate. -- Margaret Kohn Political Theory Paul W. Kahn's outstanding book alluringly explains the perplexity of liberalism in its post-September 11 situation. -- Samuel Moyn Ethics and International Affairs Putting Liberalism in Its Place is a real success. It is learned, clear, forceful, and loaded with quotable lines. Most importantly, it takes a much needed shot across the bow of academic liberal theory. -- Dan Silver Foundations of Political Theory This intriguing book is filled with challenging ideas and supplies some missing ingredients of the intellectual groundwork of liberalism. -- James Magee Law and Politics Book Review Paul W. Kahn ... argue[s] that liberal theory lacks the conceptual resources to understand political life... Kahn sees liberalism as a philosophy for a postmodern condition, which may be emerging in Europe, where the state may be losing its grip on the moral imagination and 'politics [is] stripped of the political.' The book offers a provocative argument and is well written. Choice

Review

[This] is a beautifully written meditation on the sources of political meaning that cannot be justified by rational argumentation. It challenges the reader to acknowledge that politics is a fundamentally amoral enterprise that resembles romantic love more than rational debate.

(Margaret Kohn Political Theory )

Paul W. Kahn's outstanding book alluringly explains the perplexity of liberalism in its post-September 11 situation.

(Samuel Moyn Ethics and International Affairs )

Putting Liberalism in Its Place is a real success. It is learned, clear, forceful, and loaded with quotable lines. Most importantly, it takes a much needed shot across the bow of academic liberal theory.

(Dan Silver Foundations of Political Theory )

This intriguing book is filled with challenging ideas and supplies some missing ingredients of the intellectual groundwork of liberalism.

(James Magee Law and Politics Book Review )

Paul W. Kahn . . . argue[s] that liberal theory lacks the conceptual resources to understand political life. . . . Kahn sees liberalism as a philosophy for a postmodern condition, which may be emerging in Europe, where the state may be losing its grip on the moral imagination and 'politics [is] stripped of the political.' The book offers a provocative argument and is well written.

保罗·卡恩（Paul W.Kahn），耶鲁大学法学院罗伯特·W.温纳（Robert W.Winner）“法律与人文”讲席教授，耶鲁大学法学院小奥威尔·H.谢尔（Orville H. Schell, Jr.）国际人权研究中心主任。卡恩教授先后毕业于芝加哥大学与耶鲁大学，研究领域为宪法学、国际法学、文化理论与哲学。近期代表作品还有《走出伊甸园：亚当夏娃与恶的问题》（Out of Eden: Adam and Eve and the Problem of Evil, 2006）、《神圣暴力：酷刑、恐怖与主权》（Sacred Violence:Torture, Terror and Sovereignty, 2008）、《政治神学：新主权四论》（Political Theology:Four New Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty, 2011）、《影片中的自我：新生代的哲学》（Finding Ourselves at the Movies: Philosophy for a New Generation, 2013）。

田力，湖北武穴人，山东大学法学院法学学士，现为清华大学法学院法理学专业硕士研究生，《清华法律评论》编辑，研究领域包括法理学与宪法学。