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245 00 $aPolitical philosophy versus history? :$bcontextualism and real politics in contemporary political thought /$cedited by Jonathan Floyd and Marc Stears.
260 $aCambridge, UK ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
300 $ax, 228 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction /$rJonathan Floyd and Marc Stears --$gPart I.$tThe Challenge of Contextualism:$g1.$tRescuing political theory from the tyranny of history /$rPaul Kelly;$g2.$tFrom historical contextualism, to mentalism, to behaviourism /$rJonathan Floyd;$g3.$tContingency and judgement in history of political philosophy: a phenomenological approach /$rBruce Haddock;$g4.$tPolitical philosophy and the dead hand of its history /$rGordon Graham --$gPart II.$tThe Challenge of Realism:$g5.$tPolitics, political theory, and its history /$rIain Hampsher-Monk;$g6.$tConstraint, freedom, and exemplar: history and theory without teleology /$rMelissa Lane;$g7.$tHistory and reality: idealist pathologies and 'Harvard School' remedies /$rAndrew Sabl;$g8.$tThe new realism: from modus vivendi to justice /$rBonnie Honig and Marc Stears --$tRelative value and assorted historical lessons: an afterword /$rJonathan Floyd.
520 $a"Is the way in which political philosophy is conducted today too ahistorical? Does such ahistoricism render political philosophy too abstract? Is political philosophy thus incapable of dealing with the realities of political life? This volume brings together some of the world's leading political philosophers to address these crucial questions. The contributors focus especially on political philosophy's pretensions to universality and on its strained relationship with the world of real politics. Some chapters argue that political philosophers should not be cowed by the accusations levied against them from outside of their own field. Others insist that these accusations require a dramatic reshaping of normative political thought. The volume will spark controversy across political philosophy and beyond"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"In this volume we carve out a new approach to the identity of political philosophy by exploring a problem that is central to such disciplinary soul-searching: the problem of political philosophy's relationship with history. We do this in part because, according to whether they describe their approach to political philosophy as analytic, continental, Rawlsian, post-Rawlsian, pluralist, realist, post-structural, or indeed, outright historical, political philosophers of different stripes tend, amongst other things, to hold very different positions on this relationship, and that is a very curious pattern. We also do it because, as evinced by the following chapters, reflecting upon the significance of history for political philosophy soon leads to a host of new insights about the nature of our subject"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy.
700 1 $aFloyd, Jonathan,$d1980-
700 1 $aStears, Marc.
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