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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786035703321

Autore

Fumurescu Alin <1967->

Titolo

Compromise : a political and philosophical history / / Alin Fumurescu, Tulane University [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-61098-8

1-107-23729-7

1-139-60920-3

1-139-61284-0

1-139-62214-5

1-283-98671-X

1-139-62586-1

1-139-33368-2

1-139-61656-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

POL010000

Disciplina

302.3

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Compromise (Ethics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : 'in politics we have an art ... ' -- No compromise about compromise -- The genealogy of compromise and its vagaries -- The dialectic of the individual -- Compromise and centripetal individualism -- Compromise and centrifugal individualism -- The forgotten road of representation : continental contractarian theories -- The British contract as com-promise -- Conclusions : compromising the art of compromise : the one-dimensional man.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers for the first time a conceptual history of compromise. Alin Fumurescu combines contextual historical analysis of daily parlance and a survey of the usage of the word from the end of the sixteenth century to the beginning of the eighteenth century in both French and English with an analysis of canonical texts in the history of political thought. This book fills a significant gap in the literature about



compromise and demonstrates the connection between different understandings of compromise and corresponding differences in understandings of political representation. In addition, Fumurescu addresses two controversial contemporary debates about when compromise is beneficial and when it should be avoided at all costs. A better understanding of the genealogy of compromise offers new venues for rethinking basic assumptions regarding political representation and the relationship between individuals and politics.