LEADER 04589nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910451847703321 005 20191030193401.0 010 $a0-19-160110-1 010 $a9786611198770 010 $a1-281-19877-3 010 $a0-19-153383-1 010 $a1-4356-3130-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000484032 035 $a(EBL)3052286 035 $a(OCoLC)773256387 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000208829 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11190531 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208829 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10244004 035 $a(PQKB)10088257 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000088465 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11130629 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088465 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10072269 035 $a(PQKB)11525924 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074252 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3052286 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3052286 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10211979 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL119877 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000484032 100 $a20051104d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe nature of political theory$b[electronic resource] /$fAndrew Vincent 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (365 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: 2004. 311 $a0-19-927125-9 311 $a0-19-929795-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""1 An Eclectic Subject""; ""Foundations""; ""Theory and Politics""; ""Pattern of the Book""; ""PART ONE""; ""2 We Have a Firm Foundation""; ""Classical Normative Political Theory""; ""Institutional Political Theory""; ""Historical Political Theory""; ""Empirical Political Theory""; ""Ideological Political Theory""; ""Conclusion""; ""PART TWO""; ""3 Foundations Shaken but Not Stirred""; ""Logical Positivism""; ""Ordinary Language""; ""A Digression on Death and Putrefaction""; ""Wittgenstein and Essential Contestability""; ""A Reckoning with Essential Contestability"" 327 $a""Conclusion""""4 Bleached Foundations""; ""The Concept of Justice""; ""Conceptions of Justice""; ""Procedural Theories""; ""Social Justice: Desert and Non-Desert""; ""Justice and Mutual Advantage""; ""Justice and Utility""; ""Justice as Impartiality""; ""Sexual Justice""; ""Spheres of Justice""; ""Conclusion""; ""PART THREE""; ""5 Shoring Up Foundations""; ""Conventions""; ""Oakeshott and Conventionalism""; ""Communitarianism""; ""Political Liberalism""; ""Conclusion""; ""6 New Conventions for Old""; ""Nationalism""; ""Neo-Aristotelianism""; ""Republicanism""; ""Conclusion""; ""PART FOUR"" 327 $a""7 Segmented Foundations and Pluralism""""A Word about Pluralism""; ""Liberal Pluralism""; ""Multicultural Pluralism""; ""Difference Pluralism""; ""Conclusion""; ""8 Standing Problems""; ""Nietzsche and the Twilight of the Idols""; ""Heidegger and Humanism""; ""Derrida and Foucault""; ""Rorty and Connolly""; ""Lyotard and the Differend""; ""Conclusion""; ""PART FIVE""; ""9 Dialogic Foundations""; ""The Philosophical Context""; ""Critical Theory""; ""Critical Theory Fulfilled""; ""Positivism and Knowledge Spheres""; ""The Critique of Foundationalism and the Subject"" 327 $a""Universal Pragmatics and Fallibilism""""Discourse Ethics and Deliberative Democracy""; ""Conclusion""; ""10 Circular Foundations""; ""The Hermeneutic Context""; ""Language, History, and Prejudice""; ""Enlightenment and Positivism""; ""Dialogue and Fusion""; ""Ethics and Politics""; ""A Dialogic Confiict""; ""Conclusion""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y"" 330 8 $aAndrew Vincent here offers a comprehensive, synoptic, and comparative analysis of the major conceptions of political theory throughout the twentieth century. It challenges established views of contemporary political theory and provides critical perspectives on the future of the subject. 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 676 $a320.011 700 $aVincent$b Andrew$0476451 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451847703321 996 $aThe nature of political theory$92113122 997 $aUNINA