The Nature of Political Theory.

The Nature of Political Theory.

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Main Author: Vincent, Andrew (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated 2007.
Subjects:
Political science.
Political science > Philosophy.
Political science
Political science > Philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • 1 An Eclectic Subject
  • Foundations
  • Theory and Politics
  • Pattern of the Book
  • PART ONE
  • 2 We Have a Firm Foundation
  • Classical Normative Political Theory
  • Institutional Political Theory
  • Historical Political Theory
  • Empirical Political Theory
  • Ideological Political Theory
  • Conclusion
  • PART TWO
  • 3 Foundations Shaken but Not Stirred
  • Logical Positivism
  • Ordinary Language
  • A Digression on Death and Putrefaction
  • Wittgenstein and Essential Contestability
  • A Reckoning with Essential Contestability
  • Conclusion4 Bleached Foundations
  • The Concept of Justice
  • Conceptions of Justice
  • Procedural Theories
  • Social Justice: Desert and Non-Desert
  • Justice and Mutual Advantage
  • Justice and Utility
  • Justice as Impartiality
  • Sexual Justice
  • Spheres of Justice
  • Conclusion
  • PART THREE
  • 5 Shoring Up Foundations
  • Conventions
  • Oakeshott and Conventionalism
  • Communitarianism
  • Political Liberalism
  • Conclusion
  • 6 New Conventions for Old
  • Nationalism
  • Neo-Aristotelianism
  • Republicanism
  • Conclusion
  • PART FOUR
  • 7 Segmented Foundations and PluralismA Word about Pluralism
  • Liberal Pluralism
  • Multicultural Pluralism
  • Difference Pluralism
  • Conclusion
  • 8 Standing Problems
  • Nietzsche and the Twilight of the Idols
  • Heidegger and Humanism
  • Derrida and Foucault
  • Rorty and Connolly
  • Lyotard and the Differend
  • Conclusion
  • PART FIVE
  • 9 Dialogic Foundations
  • The Philosophical Context
  • Critical Theory
  • Critical Theory Fulfilled
  • Positivism and Knowledge Spheres
  • The Critique of Foundationalism and the Subject
  • Universal Pragmatics and FallibilismDiscourse Ethics and Deliberative Democracy
  • Conclusion
  • 10 Circular Foundations
  • The Hermeneutic Context
  • Language, History, and Prejudice
  • Enlightenment and Positivism
  • Dialogue and Fusion
  • Ethics and Politics
  • A Dialogic Confiict
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
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  • I
  • J
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  • M
  • N
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  • P
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