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1 online resource (240 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Note on the contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The challenge of universalism; The challenge of realism; Conclusion; Part I: The challenge of contextualism; 1 Rescuing political theory from the tyranny of history; The Collingwoodian paradigm -- the problem; The critique of historical reductionism in political theory -- the solution; 2 From historical contextualism, to mentalism, to behaviourism; Political philosophy as a question; political philosophy as a project; Historical contextualism as a form of political philosophy. |
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The problem with historical contextualismSome clarification regarding targets; Two alternative suggestions; Mentalism in focus; Revisionism and behaviourism considered; Some tentative conclusions; 3 Contingency and judgement in history of political philosophy: a phenomenological approach; The Limits of Revisionism; The logic of normative argument; Thinking, writing, acting; Second thoughts; History and theory; 4 Political philosophy and the dead hand of its history; I; II; III; IV; Part II The challenge of realism; 5 Politics, political theory and its history; Political practice and rhetoric. |
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HPT and PPHPT and politics; HPT and PP revisited; PP and politics; 6 Constraint, freedom, and exemplar: history and theory without teleology; The nature of normative political theory; History as constraint: explanation and normative political theory; History as freedom: genealogy and the implications of contingency; History as exemplar: classical practices and contemporary analogues; Conclusion: an example of the role of examples; 7 History and reality: idealist pathologies and 'Harvard School' remedies; Political bridging: between is and ought. |
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Against the psychology of system: hope through narrativePolitical morality: agency, situation, and practical commitments; Avoiding the intellectually worst: realism versus speculative fiction; 8 The new realism: from modus vivendi to justice; Introduction; Raymond Geuss: from modus vivendi to legitimacy I; Bernard Williams: from modus vivendi to legitimacy II; James Tully: from legitimacy to justice I; Agonistic realism: from legitimacy to justice II; Relative value and assorted historical lessons: an afterword; Relative value and the ranking problem; Relative value, as distinct from ... |
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Relative value and the double-balanceFurther thoughts and assorted historical lessons; Lesson 1 -- fool's gold; Lesson 2 -- the limits of theory; Lesson 3 -- political philosophy versus history as a guide to political philosophy versus the rest; Lesson 4 -- the uncertainty of progress; Index. |
| Summary |
Leading scholars contribute original and timely essays which discuss how political philosophy should be studied today. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Political science -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Stears, Marc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Floyd, Jonathan. Political Philosophy versus History? : Contextualism and Real Politics in Contemporary Political Thought. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 9780521197151 |
| ISBN |
9781139116992 |
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1139116991 |
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1283298422 |
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9781283298421 |
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9781139003698 (electronic book) |
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1139003690 (electronic book) |
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9781139127653 (electronic book) |
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1139127659 (electronic book) |
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9780521197151 |
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0521197155 |
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9780521146883 |
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0521146887 |
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9781139114820 |
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9786613298423 |
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