Author : John Dunn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,57 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521497848
A collection of penetrating essays on political thought - past, present and future - by a major commentator.
Author : Aurel Kolnai
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 29,83 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739100776
We are currently witnessing an increasingly influential counterrevolution in political theory, evident in the dialectical return to classical political science pioneered most prominently by Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin. In this context, the work of the relatively unknown Aurel Kolnai is of great importance. Kolnai was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century to place the restoration of common-sense evaluation and philosophical realism at the center of his philosophical and political itinerary. In this volume, Daniel J. Mahoney presents Kolnai's major writings in political philosophy, writings that explore - in ways that are diverse but complementary - Kolnai's critique of progressive or egalitarian democracy. The title essay contains Kolnai's fullest account of the limits of liberty understood as emancipation from traditional, natural, or divine restraints. 'The Utopian Mind, ' a pr, cis of Kolnai's critique of utopianism in a posthumous book of the same title, appears here for the first time. 'Conservative and Revolutionary Ethos, ' Kolnai's remarkable 1972 essay comparing conservative and revolutionary approaches to political life, appears for the first time in English translation. The volume also includes a critically sympathetic evaluation of Michael Oakeshott's Rationalism in Politics and an incisive criticism of Jacques Maritain's efforts to synthesize Christian orthodoxy and progressive politics. Privilege and Liberty and Other Essays in Political Philosophy is a searching critique of political utopianism, as well as a pathbreaking articulation of conservative constitutionalism as the true support for human liberty properly understood. It is a major contribution to Christian and conservative political reflection in our ti
Author : J. G .A. Pocock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,42 MB
Release : 2009-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0521886570
Selected essays of arguably the greatest and most influential historian of ideas of modern times.
Author : Jeremy Waldron
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 33,72 MB
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0674970365
Political theorists focus on the nature of justice, liberty, and equality while ignoring the institutions through which these ideals are achieved. Political scientists keep institutions in view but deploy a meager set of value-conceptions in analyzing them. A more political political theory is needed to address this gap, Jeremy Waldron argues.
Author : Harry Eckstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 29,28 MB
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0520328752
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.
Author : J. G. A. Pocock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 32,75 MB
Release : 1987-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521316439
Pocock explores the relationship between the study of law and the historical outlook of seventeenth-century Englishmen.
Author : George Klosko
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 855 pages
File Size : 34,76 MB
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0199238804
Fifty distinguished contributors survey the entire history of political philosophy. They consider questions about how the subject should best be studied; they examine historical periods and great theorists in their intellectual contexts; and they discuss aspects of the subject that transcend periods, such as democracy, the state, and imperialism.
Author : Anthony Grafton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 12,48 MB
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1107394597
From the late fifteenth century onwards, scholars across Europe began to write books about how to read and evaluate histories. These pioneering works grew from complex early modern debates about law, religion and classical scholarship. Anthony Grafton's book is based on his Trevelyan Lectures of 2005, and it proves to be a powerful and imaginative exploration of some central themes in the history of European ideas. Grafton explains why so many of these works were written, why they attained so much insight – and why, in the centuries that followed, most scholars gradually forgot that they had existed. Elegant and accessible, What Was History? is a deliberate evocation of E. H. Carr's celebrated Trevelyan Lectures, What Is History?.
Author : Sheldon S. Wolin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 50,84 MB
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0691183279
An authoritative collection of the most important writings of an influential political thinker Sheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. In Fugitive Democracy, the breathtaking range of Wolin’s scholarship, political commitment, and critical acumen are on full display in this authoritative and accessible collection of essays. This book brings together his most important writings, from classic essays to his late radical essays on American democracy such as "Fugitive Democracy," in which he offers a controversial reinterpretation of democracy as an episodic phenomenon distinct from the routinized political management that passes for democracy today. Wolin critically engages a diverse range of political theorists, and grapples with topics such as power, modernization, the sixties, revolutionary politics, and inequality, all the while showcasing enduring commitment to writing civic-minded theoretical commentary on the most pressing political issues of the day. Fugitive Democracy offers enduring insights into many of today’s most pressing political predicaments, and introduces a whole new generation of readers to this provocative figure in contemporary political thought.
Author : David Held
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 40,30 MB
Release : 2013-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745667104
This volume offers an incisive overview of central issues and controversies in political thought and analysis. It includes major discussions of the idea of the modern state, contemporary theories of the state, problems of power and legitimation, new forms of democratic ideal, citizenship and social movements, the direction of public policy and the fate of sovereignty in the modern global system. While analysing these topics, the author critically assesses the thought of many of those who have contributed decisively to political discussion. Among those whose works are discussed are classic figures such as Hobbes, Locke, Mill and Marx, as well as contemporary writers such as Habermas, Offe and Giddens. Political Theory and the Modern State is an ideal resource for students seeking an introduction to modern politics and political sociology. It is also an original statement about the many competing perspectives in political thought today.
