Political thought and political thinkers

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Political thought and political thinkers

Judith N. Shklar ; edited by Stanley Hoffmann ; foreword by George Kateb

University of Chicago Press, c1998

  • : cloth
  • : paper

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780226753447

Description

This is the second volume of Judith Shklar's work and brings together essays on a number of themes, including the place of the intellect in the modern political world and the dangers of identity politics. Editor Stanley Hoffman provides a guide to Shklar's thought, complemented by George Kateb's comprehensive introduction to her work.

Table of Contents

Foreword by George Kateb Editor's Preface by Stanley Hoffmann Pt. 1: Learning about Politics 1: The Liberalism of Fear 2: Political Theory and the Rule of Law 3: Obligation, Loyalty, Exile 4: The Bonds of Exile Pt. 2: Learning about Thought 5: Squaring the Hermeneutic Circle 6: Politics and the Intellect 7: Learning without Knowing 8: Subversive Genealogies 9: The Political Theory of Utopia: From Melancholy to Nostalgia 10: What Is the Use of Utopia? Pt. 3: Learning about Thinkers 11: Poetry and the Political Imagination in Pope's An Essay on Man 12: Ideology Hunting: The Case of James Harrington 13: Montesquieu and the New Republicanism 14: Reading the Social Contract 15: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Equality 16: Jean D'Alembert and the Rehabilitation of History 17: Bergson and the Politics of Intuition 18: Nineteen Eighty-Four: Should Political Theory Care? 19: Rethinking the Past 20: Hannah Arendt as Pariah 21: The Work of Michael Walzer Index
Volume

: paper ISBN 9780226753461

Description

This is the second volume of Judith Shklar's work and brings together essays on a number of themes, including the place of the intellect in the modern political world and the dangers of identity politics. Editor Stanley Hoffman provides a guide to Shklar's thought, complemented by George Kateb's comprehensive introduction to her work.

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  • NCID
    BA35595994
  • ISBN
    • 0226753441
    • 0226753468
  • LCCN
    97027074
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Chicago
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxvi, 402 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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