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Beyond Monologue: For a Comparative Political Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2004

Fred Dallmayr
Fred Dallmayr
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Fred Dallmayr is the Packey J. Dee Professor in the Departments of Political Science and Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame (dallmayr.1@nd.edu)
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Abstract

The essay advances a proposal that is addressed primarily to theorists, but with implications for the entire profession: the proposal to replace or supplement the rehearsal of routinized canons with a turn to global, cross-cultural (or “comparative”) political theorizing. I offer geopolitical and general intellectual reasons why the turn seems appropriate today, and I discuss a variety of theoretical or philosophical inspirations undergirding the turn. After highlighting some recent examples of comparative political theorizing, I conclude by responding to critical queries as well as indicating broader implications of the move “beyond monologue.”Fred Dallmayr's most recent publication is Dialogue among Civilizations: Some Exemplary Voices.

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Research Article
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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , June 2004 , pp. 249 - 257
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© 2004 American Political Science Association

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