New Waves In Political Philosophy

by C. Zurn (Editor)

Overview

Comprising essays by eleven up-and-coming scholars from across the globe, this collection of essays provides an unparalleled snapshot of new work in political philosophy using such diverse methodologies as critical theory and social choice theory, historical analysis and conceptual analysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230221239
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/19/2008
Series:	New Waves in Philosophy
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

AMY ALLEN is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at Dartmouth College, USA LENA HALLDENIUS is Assistant Professor of Ethics, Department of Global Political Studies, Malmö University, Sweden, and a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge LAWRENCE HAMILTON is Associate Professor, School of Politics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and Affiliated Lecturer in Political Theory, Department of Politics, Cambridge University RAHEL JAEGGI is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany SIMON KELLER is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne, Australia, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Boston University, USA MIKA LAVAQUE-MANTY is Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan, USA KEVIN OLSON is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine, USA FABIENNE PETER is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK EMMANUEL RENAULT is Maître de conférences at École Normale de Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Lyon, France SARAH SONG is Assistant Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, USA AJUME H. WINGO is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Table of Contents

Forward Introduction Notes On Contributors Feminism and the Subject of Politics; A.Allen Liberty and its Circumstances: A Functional Approach; L.Halldenius Human Needs and Political Judgment; L.Hamilton Rethinking Ideology; R.Jaeggi Making Nonsense of Loyalty to Country; S.Keller Finding Theoretical Concepts in the Real World: The Case of the Precariat; M.LaVaque-Manty Reflexive Democracy as Popular Sovereignty; K.Olson Democratic Legitimacy without Collective Rationality; F.Peter The Political Philosophy of Social Suffering; E.Renault The Subject of Multiculturalism: Culture, Religion, Language, Ethnicity, Nationality, and Race?; S.Song The Aesthetic of Freedom; A.H.Wingo Index

Editorial Reviews

'In this volume, a young generation of political theorists and philosophers successfully overcome the established paradigms of political philosophy. In leaving behind problems related to a heavily normative approach to politics, they return to classical problems in our political self-understanding, such as the conceptualization of ideology, engagement with questions of social suffering and human needs, and attention to the subject of politics.' - Axel Honneth, University of Frankfurt, Germany.

'Taken together, this selection of essays provides an in-depth glimpse at some of the key issues within political philosophy today.' - Political Studies Review

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