Rethinking Modern Political Theory: Essays 1979-1983 (Cambridge Paperback Library) - Softcover

Dunn, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521316952 ISBN 13: 9780521316958

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Why is modern political theory philosophically so feeble and politically so unconvincing? This volume of essays discusses the historical sources of these weaknesses and suggests how they might begin to be remedied. The essays treat in relation to one another the history of modern philosophy and the practical relations between states, societies and economies in the modern world. The different approaches required to understand each of these are displayed, and the formidable difficulties of combining them satisfactorily are examined. Only if that is achieved however, do we stand a chance in John Dunn's view of overcoming the limitation of existing understandings of politics. And only then will we be able to arrive at a theory of collective prudence which unites moral awareness and a realistic appreciation of the nature, and the dangers, of modern politics.

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Rethinking Modern Political Theory:Essays 1979-1983 This volume of essays discusses the weaknesses in modern political theory and suggests how they might begin to be remedied. Full description

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Why is modern political theory philosophically so feeble and politically so unconvincing? This volume of essays discusses the historical sources of these weaknesses and suggests how they might begin to be remedied.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521316952
• ISBN 13: 9780521316958
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244