Political philosophy versus history? : contextualism and real politics in contemporary political thought / / edited by Jonathan Floyd and Marc Stears [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781875203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-139-12442-0; 1-107-21483-1; 1-283-29842-2; 9786613298423; 1-139-12273-8; 1-139-00369-0; 1-139-11699-1; 1-139-12765-9; 1-139-11263-5; 1-139-11482-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 320.01
• Soggetti: Political science - Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Jonathan Floyd and Marc Stears -- ; Part I. The Challenge of Contextualism: ; 1. Rescuing political theory from the tyranny of history / Paul Kelly; ; 2. From historical contextualism, to mentalism, to behaviourism / Jonathan Floyd; ; 3. Contingency and judgement in history of political philosophy: a phenomenological approach / Bruce Haddock; ; 4. Political philosophy and the dead hand of its history / Gordon Graham -- ; Part II. The Challenge of Realism: ; 5. Politics, political theory, and its history / Iain Hampsher-Monk; ; 6. Constraint, freedom, and exemplar: history and theory without teleology / Melissa Lane; ; 7. History and reality: idealist pathologies and 'Harvard School' remedies / Andrew Sabl; ; 8. The new realism: from modus vivendi to justice / Bonnie Honig and Marc Stears -- Relative value and assorted ; historical lessons: an afterword / Jonathan Floyd.
• Sommario/riassunto: Is the way in which political philosophy is conducted today too ahistorical? Does such ahistoricism render political philosophy too abstract? Is political philosophy thus incapable of dealing with the realities of political life? This volume brings together some of the world's leading political philosophers to address these crucial questions. The contributors focus especially on political philosophy's pretensions to universality and on its strained relationship with the world of real politics. Some chapters argue that political philosophers should not be cowed by the accusations levied against them from outside of their own field. Others insist that these accusations require a dramatic reshaping of normative political thought. The volume will spark controversy across political philosophy and beyond.