Political Obligation in its Historical Context: Essays in Political Theory
Autor John Dunnen Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 apr 2002
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780521891592
ISBN-10: 0521891590
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0521891590
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Historicity of the Question: 2. The identity of the history of ideas; 3. Consent in the political theory of John Locke; 4. The politics of Locke in England and America in the eighteenth century; Part II. The Historicity of the Answers: 5. Practising history and social science on 'realist' assumptions; 6. From democracy to representation: an interpretation of a Ghanaian election; 7. 'Hoc signo victor eris': representation, allegiance and obligation in the politics of Ghana and Sri Lanka; 8. Democracy unretrieved, or the political theory of Professor Macpherson; 9. The success and failure of modern revolutions; Part III. Conclusion: 10. Political obligations and political possibilities; Notes; Index.
Descriere
Mr Dunn addresses the central questions of political philosophy from an unusually broad variety of perspectives.