Political Theory And Modernity

Author : William E. Connolly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015029949594

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Political Theory and Modernity by William E. Connolly Pdf

Modernity is marked by acrimonious debate over the form of the good society and the proper shape of politics. But these struggles are set within a frame that supports some arguments and rules other possibilities out of contention. If late-modernity is a time of danger as well as significant achievement, it is necessary to ask: how can we become more reflective about the economies of thought that have governed modern political discourse? William Connolly clarifies the affinities binding together disparate theorists who have sought to comprehend the shape and prospects of modernity. He reveals how thinkers adamantly opposed to one another at one level implicitly share assumptions and demands at a more basic level; and invites Nietzsche - the thinker who disturbs modern theories by assessing them from the hypothetical perspective of a non-modern future - to expose patterns of insistence inside the theories of his predecessors.

Author : Norman P. Barry
Publisher : Springer
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1989-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349202010

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An Introduction to Modern Political Theory by Norman P. Barry Pdf

This student textbook introduces the concept of political theory from various viewpoints, such as justice and the law, government and the state, and equality and human rights. It analyzes the concepts of power, liberty and a series of political principles.

Author : Chris Thornhill
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745668789

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Political Theory in Modern Germany by Chris Thornhill Pdf

This book provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the major political thinkers of modern Germany. It includes chapters on the works of Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, Franz Neumann, Otto Kirchheimer, Jurgen Habermas and Niklas Luhmann. These works are examined in their social and historical contexts, ranging from the period of Bismarck to the present day. A clear picture is presented of the connections between individual theoretical positions and the general political conditions of modern Germany. Areas of political history covered in particular depth include nineteenth-century legal and parliamentary history, aspects of German liberalism, Weimar social democracy, political Catholicism, Adenauer and Erhard, Brandt's reforms and the Tendenzwende of the late 1970s. By closely linking intellectual and political history, this work examines how recent German political theory has developed as a set of varying responses to recurring aspects and problems of political life in modern Germany. At the same time, it addresses the philosophical and political implications of the works which it treats, and it critically examines how modern German political theory has contributed to broader attempts to theorize political legitimacy and politics itself. This book will be of interest to students of political theory, German studies and European political history.

Author : David Held
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745667102

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Political Theory and the Modern State by David Held Pdf

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.

Author : Scott Bowman
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780271044132

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Modern Corporation and American Political Thought by Scott Bowman Pdf

Author : Varma S.P.
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0706986822

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Modern Political Theory by Varma S.P. Pdf

Modern Political Theory critically examines the contemporary state of political theory, making an assessment of the achievements and limitations of the ‘Behavioural Revolution’ in its totality, and reviews objectively the major paradigms and conceptual frameworks adopted by the discipline. The salient features of the contending conceptual models elaborated by leading scholars, operating from separate locations and disparate premises, have been highlighted and intellectual inter-linkages in their works have been traced. The book has 3 parts. Part I comprises the scope of political science as a discipline. Part II deals with the tools and techniques of political analysis. Part III delineates mainstreams of contemporary political thought.

Author : Stephanie B. Martens
Publisher : Springer
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137519993

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The Americas in Early Modern Political Theory by Stephanie B. Martens Pdf

This book examines early modern social contract theories within European representations of the Americas in the 16th and 17th century. Despite addressing the Americas only marginally, social contract theories transformed American social imaginaries prevalent at the time into Aboriginality, allowing for the emergence of the idea of civilization and the possibility for diverse discourses of Aboriginalism leading to excluding and discriminatory forms of subjectivity, citizenship, and politics. What appears then is a form of Aboriginalism pitting the American/Aboriginal other against the nascent idea of civilization. The legacy of this political construction of difference is essential to contemporary politics in settler societies. The author shows the intellectual processes behind this assignation and its role in modern political theory, still bearing consequences today. The way one conceives of citizenship and sovereignty underlies some of the difficulties settler societies have in accommodating Indigenous claims for recognition and self-government.

Author : José Maurício Domingues
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3030439232

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Critical Theory and Political Modernity by José Maurício Domingues Pdf

This book draws together philosophy, jurisprudence, political science, and international relations to study the main categories of political modernity and its development trends. Grounded in critical theory—from Marx to later currents such as the Frankfurt School—Critical Theory and Political Modernity circulates around state power and oligarchy as well as emancipatory possibilities from their foundations to the present, such as radical democracy. Domingues analyzes the main categories of political modernity, including the juridical dimension, to conceptually articulate its long-term processes of development. In so doing, he examines rights, law and citizenship, state and domination abstract and concrete, the political system, state power, freedom and autonomy, scalar configurations, political regimes, oligarchy and democracy.

Author : David Wootton
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0872203417

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Modern Political Thought by David Wootton Pdf

Presents unabridged works and substantive abridgments in preeminent translations, along with balanced, lucid, sophisticated introductions. This book includes a wide and balanced selection of many of the more important texts of modern political thought. To its great credit, it provides pertinent excerpts from frequently neglected authors, such as Calvin and Hume, which it nicely juxtaposes appear to be good, and the introductions to each section help to situate the writers in their historical and intellectual context and to alert students to some of the central issues that arise in the texts. This book offers an economical and useful approach to modern political thought.

Author : Angus Stewart
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2001-03-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0761966595

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Theories of Power and Domination by Angus Stewart Pdf

Power and domination are central concepts in social science yet, up to now, they have been undertheorized. This wide-ranging book guides students through the complexities and implications of both concepts. It provides systematic accounts of current debates about the dynamics and rationale of state power in an era of globalization, social citizenship and the significance of social movements. The contributions of Parsons, Giddens, Foucault, Mann, Arendt, Habermas and Castells are clearly set out and critically assessed.

Author : Nicholas Tampio
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442253162

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Deleuze's Political Vision by Nicholas Tampio Pdf

French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychiatrist-activist Félix Guattari’s 1980 book A Thousand Plateaus is widely recognized as a masterpiece of twentieth-century Continental philosophy. Until now, however, few scholars have dared to explain the book’s political importance. Deleuze’s Political Vision reconstructs Deleuze’s conception of pluralism, human nature, the social contract, liberalism, democracy, socialism, feminism, and comparative political theory. Unlike scholars who read Deleuze as a Marxist, author Nicholas Tampio argues that Deleuze was a cutting-edge liberal, concerned about protecting difference from what John Stuart Mill called the tyranny of the majority. The book brings Deleuze into conversation with other contemporary political theorists such as Hannah Arendt, William E. Connolly, Jürgen Habermas, Bruno Latour, Charles Mills, Martha Nussbaum, Carole Pateman, Abdolkarim Soroush, Leo Strauss, and Charles Taylor. Deleuze’s Political Vision translates Deleuze’s ideas into popular vernaculars to realize his political vision and reveal his work as essential to modern discussions of political theory and philosophy.

Author : Peter Self
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135156145

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Political Theories of Modern Government (Routledge Revivals) by Peter Self Pdf

This reissued work, originally published in 1985, is a uniquely broad and original survey of theories and beliefs about the growth, behaviour, performance and reform of the governments of modern Western democracies. After analysing the external pressures which have shaped modern governments, the author examines four different schools of political thought which seek to explain the behaviour and performance of governments, and which offer different remedies for the pluralism, corporatism and bureaucracy. To examine and test these general theories, the author looks closely at how governments actually work. The book is illustrated with examples drawn from various Western societies. The final chapters present the author’s own conclusion about the future role of government, the limits of market philosophy, the future of politics, and the principles and problems of institutional reform.

Author : Nicholas J. Rengger
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0631191585

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Political Theory, Modernity, and Postmodernity by Nicholas J. Rengger Pdf

An account of the modernity debate and an analysis of its implications for political theory

Author : Anthony Pagden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 0521386667

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The Languages of Political Theory in Early-Modern Europe by Anthony Pagden Pdf

Essays on the political 'languages' of natural law, classical republicanism, commerce and political science.

Author : David Beetham
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745676623

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Max Weber and the Theory of Modern Politics by David Beetham Pdf

Max Weber's writings on the politics of Wilhelmine in Germany and the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917 are much less well known than his contributions to historical and theoretical sociology, yet they are essential to any overall assessment of his thought. Drawing on these writings, still mostly untranslated, David Beetham offers the most comprehensive account available in English of Weber's political theory. The book explores Weber's central concern with the prospects for liberal Parliamentarism in authoritarian societies and in an age of mass politics and bureaucratic organization, and shows how this concern led him to a revision of democratic theory which is still influential. It argues that Weber's analyzis of the class basis of contemporary politics necessitate a modification in some of the accepted interpretations of his sociology of modern capitalism. A special feature of the book is its full treatment of the extensive German literature on Weber's political thought. This second edition contains a substantial new critical introduction and an expanded bibliography. Otherwise the text of the widely acclaimed first edition remains unaltered. This is a book which adds an essential dimension to the understanding of Max Weber for students of sociology and politics who have previously only approached his work through his sociological writings.