Reappraising political theory : revisionist studies in the history of political thought / Terence Ball.

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Main Author: Ball, Terence
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994.
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505 0 |a Abbreviations -- I. BEARINGS -- 1. Reappraising Political Theory -- 2. Whither Political Theory? -- II. REAPPRAISALS -- 3. Machiavelli and Moral Change -- 4. Hobbes's Linguistic Turn -- 5. Rousseau's Civil Religion Reconsidered -- 6. The Survivor and the Savant: Two Schemes for Civil Religion Compared -- 7. Benthamite Discipline and Punishment -- or, What Foucault Missed -- 8. Utilitarianism, Feminism, and the Franchise -- 9. Vico and Marx on 'Making' History -- 10. Marx and Darwin: A Reconsideration -- 11. Constitutional Interpretation: What's Wrong with 'Original Intent'? 
505 8 |a 12. The Myth of Adam and American Identity -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W. 
520 |a In this book, Terence Ball injects new life into the great works of political theory. By suggesting new ways of looking at the 'classic' texts, he shows how they can offer compelling answers to the problems we face today. 
520 |b Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Mill, and Marx, and Foucault - what really links these and other `classic' political theorists? Not, argues Terence Ball, their common status as `dead, white, European males', but instead the exciting and compelling way in which they can speak to us today. Professor Ball begins by setting out his liberating view of the way we should approach `classic' texts. Using an approach that is both `problem-driven' and methodologically `pluralist', Ball offers new readings - and reappraisals - of key authors and classic works in political theory. Throughout he argues that the importance of the great texts lies in their repeated reinterpretation in the light of problems that arise for present-day readers. This tour-de-force, always entertaining and eclectic, focuses on the core problems surrounding many of the major thinkers. Was Machiavelli really amoral? Why did language matter so much to Hobbes - and why should it matter to us? Are the roots of the totalitarian state to be found in Rousseau? Were the utilitarians sexist in their view of the franchise? Written in lively and accessible styly, the book will provoke debate among students and scholars alike. Throughout, Terence Ball shows just how exciting and important political theory can be. 
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