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William Connolly presents a lucid and concise defense of the thesis of "essentially contested concepts" that can well be read as a general introduction to political theory, as well as for its challenge to the prevailing understanding of political discourse. In Connolly's view, the language of politics is not a neutral medium that conveys ideas independently formed but an institutionalized structure of meanings that channels political thought and action in certain directions. In the new preface he pursues the implications of this perspective for a distinctive conception of ethics and democracy.
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Winner of the 1999 Benjamin Evans Lippincott Award, American Political Science Association
"Connolly's arguments present a profound challenge to the link between political science and positivism, call into question our "objective' understanding of American institutional life, and give us the beginnings of important new epistemological bases of understanding."--Cecil L. Eubanks, The Journal of Politics
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Winner of the 1999 Benjamin Evans Lippincott Award, American Political Science Association
"Connolly's arguments present a profound challenge to the link between political science and positivism, call into question our "objective' understanding of American institutional life, and give us the beginnings of important new epistemological bases of understanding."--Cecil L. Eubanks, The Journal of Politics
Power. Interest. Freedom. Responsibility. Connolly explores and confronts sets of interrelated concepts such as these – concepts whose meanings are persistently subject to debate in the context of political discourse. He illuminates the role played in political life and political enquiry by such conceptual contests. And in staking out his own position in these contests, he seeks both to politicize broad areas of social life and to weave norms of responsibility more thoroughly into politics. This classic text concludes with a chapter in which Connolly sets out his position on a number of key issues, and reconsiders his central themes in the light of recent works that complement or contradict them – clarifying his thesis and widening his field of vision to take in recent developments in the philosophy of language. For this new edition, Connolly provides a fresh introductory chapter, bringing the text fully up–to–date.
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- PublisherHeath
- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 066990449X
- ISBN 13 9780669904499
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages216
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