Political Philosophy in the Twentieth Century
Authors and Arguments
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- Editor: Catherine H. Zuckert
- Date Published: August 2011
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- isbn: 9780521185066
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This book demonstrates the rich diversity and depth of political philosophy in the twentieth century. Catherine H. Zuckert has compiled a collection of essays recounting the lives of political theorists, connecting each biography with the theorist's life work and explaining the significance of the contribution to modern political thought. The essays are organized to highlight the major political alternatives and approaches. Beginning with essays on John Dewey, Carl Schmitt, and Antonio Gramsci, representing the three main political alternatives – liberal, fascist, and communist – at mid-century, the book proceeds to consider the lives and works of émigrés such as Hannah Arendt, Eric Voegelin, and Leo Strauss, who brought a continental perspective to the United States after World War II. The second half of the collection contains essays on recent defenders of liberalism, such as Friedrich Hayek, Isaiah Berlin, and John Rawls, and liberalism's many critics, including Michel Foucault, Jürgen Habermas, and Alasdair MacIntyre.
Read more- The accounts of leading political thinkers connect their arguments to their lives and circumstances
- The collection includes a wide range of political perspectives as well as philosophical positions and approaches
- Well-known scholars present the arguments of individual political philosophers they know and admire
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"...this anthology of essays covers quite a bit of territory with respect to 20th C. political thought. Strauss, Voegelin, and Schmitt receive coverage, but so too does Gramsci, Rawls, Rorty, Taylor, Hayek, and MacIntyre.... this is a very good introductory text for students or those looking to quickly navigate the last 100 or so years of political philosophy."
--Ius HonorariumSee more reviews"...The editor Catherine Zuckert assembles an impressive cast of contributors and does a fine job of quality control. The book maintains an overall high standard and includes particularly good chapters by Joseph Buttigieg on Gramsci, Dana Villa on Arendt, Michael Bacon on Rorty, and Arthur Madigan on MacIntyre. An excellent introduction to the field, this edited volume is more comprehensive than single-authored books of similar orientation.... the author-byauthor approach of Zuckert’s volume nicely complements the growing literature on the intersection of intellectual history and political history..."
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Product details
- Date Published: August 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521185066
- length: 290 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.39kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Introduction Catherine H. Zuckert
Part I. The Three Basic Alternatives in the Early Twentieth Century:
1. John Dewey: philosophy as theory of education David Fott
2. Carl Schmitt political theology and the concept of the political Tracy B. Strong
3. Antonio Gramsci: liberation begins with critical thinking Joseph Buttigieg
Part II. Émigré Responses to World War II:
4. Philosophy as a way of life Steven B. Smith
5. The philosopher's vocation: the Voegelinian paradigm Ellis Sandoz
6. Yves R. Simon: a philosopher's quest for science and prudence Walter Nicgorski
7. Hannah Arendt: from philosophy to politics Dana R. Villa
Part III. The Revival of Liberal Political Philosophy:
8. Friedrich Hayek on the nature of social order and law Eric Mack
9. Michael Oakeshott: the philosophical skeptic in an impatient age Timothy Fuller
10. Moral pluralism and liberal democracy: Isaiah Berlin's heterodox liberalism William Galston
11. H. L. A. Hart: a twentieth-century Oxford political philosopher John M. Finnis
Part IV. Critiques of Liberalism:
12. John Rawls and the task of political philosophy Paul Weithman
13. Richard Rorty: liberalism, irony, and social hope Michael Bacon
14. Jean-Paul Sartre: 'in the soup' William Leon McBride
15. Michel Foucault: an ethical politics of care of self and others Alan Milchman and Alan Rosenberg
16. Jürgen Habermas: postwar German critical debates and the making of a theorist William E. Scheuerman
17. Alasdair MacIntyre on political thinking and the tasks of politics Arthur Madigan, SJ
18. Another philosopher-citizen: the political philosophy of Charles Taylor Ruth Abbey.
