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The Political Is Political: Essex Studies in Contemporary Critical Theory

Autor Lorna Finlayson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 mai 2015
Nobody should really have to point out that political philosophy is political. Yet in this highly original and provocative book Lorna Finlayson argues that in fact it is necessary to do so. Offering a critique of mainstream liberal political philosophy through close, critical engagement with a series of specific debates and arguments, Finlayson analyzes the way in which apparently neutral methodological devices such as "charitable interpretation" and "constructive criticism" function so as to protect against challenges to the status quo. At each stage, Finlayson demonstrates that political philosophy is suffering from a complex process of "de-politicization." Even in cases where it appears that the dominant framework of liberal political philosophy is being strongly challenged-as, for example, in the case of the 'realist' critique of "ideal theory"-this book argues that the debate is set up in such a way as to impose strict limits on the kind of dissent that is possible. Only by dragging these hidden presuppositions into the foreground can we arrive at a clear-eyed appreciation of such debates, and perhaps look beyond the artificially constricted landscape in which they seek to confine us.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781783482870
ISBN-10: 1783482877
Pagini: 212
Dimensiuni: 155 x 226 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield International
Seria Essex Studies in Contemporary Critical Theory


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This book is a critical expose of the ways in which mainstream political philosophy silences dissent.