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Overview

Comparative political theory is at best an embryonic and marginalized endeavor. As practiced in most Western universities, the study of political theory generally involves a rehearsal of the canon of Western political thought from Plato to Marx. Only rarely are practitioners of political thought willing (and professionally encouraged) to transgress the canon and thereby the cultural boundaries of North America and Europe in the direction of genuine comparative investigation.
Border Crossings presents an effort to remedy this situation, fully launching a new era in political theory. Thirteen scholars from around the world examine the various political traditions of West, South, and East Asia and engage in a reflective cross-cultural discussion that belies the assumptions of an Asian "essence" and of an unbridgeable gulf between West and non-West. The denial of essential differences does not, however, amount to an endorsement of essential sameness. As viewed and as practiced by contributors to this ground-breaking volume, comparative political theorizing must steer a course between uniformity and radical separation—this is the path of "border crossings."

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780739100424
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 08/25/1999
Series: Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 6.04(w) x 9.26(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Fred Dallmayr is Packey Dee Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction: Toward a Comparative Political Theory Chapter 2 Mapping Modernities, "Islamic" and "Western" Chapter 3 Eastern Veiling, Western Freedom? Chapter 4 Islamic Constitutionalism and the Concept of Democracy Chapter 5 Rewriting Contemporary Muslim Politics: A Twentieth-Century Periodization Chapter 6 Symbolic and Utilitarian Value of a Tradition: Martyrdom in the Iranian Political Culture Chapter 7 Radical Islam and Nonviolence: A Case Study of Religious Empowerment and Constraint Chapter 8 Indian Secularism and Its Critics: Some Reflections Chapter 9 Confucianism and Communitarianism in a Liberal Democratic World Chapter 10 Confucianism with a Liberal Face: Democratic Politics in Postcolonial Taiwan Chapter 11 Beyond "East and West": Nishida's Universalism and Postcolonial Critique Chapter 12 Taoist Politics: An Other Way? Chapter 13 Postmodernity, Eurocentrism, and the Future of Political Philosophy
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