Political philosophy in the twentieth century : authors and arguments /
Zuckert, Catherine H.,1942-
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2011.
"We demonstrate the rich diversity and depth of political philosophy in twentieth century essays on the lives and works of eighteen eminent political theorists, including representative of the three main political alternatives--in the first half of the twentieth century, emigres like Hannah Atendt and Leo Strauss who brought a continental perspective to the U.S. after World War II, more recent defenders of libralism, and its many critics. There is no other book on the market like this, aimed at professors and students of political theory"-- Provided by publisher.
"We demonstrate the rich diversity and depth of political philosophy in twentieth century essays on the lives and works of eighteen eminent political theorists, including representative of the three main political alternatives--in the first half of the twentieth century, emigres like Hannah Atendt and Leo Strauss who brought a continental perspective to the U.S. after World War II, more recent defenders of libralism, and its many critics. There is no other book on the market like this, aimed at professors and students of political theory"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
John Dewey : philosophy as theory of education / David Fott -- Carl Schmitt : political theology and the concept of the political / Tracy B. Strong -- Antonio Gramsci : liberation begins with critical thinking / Joseph Buttigieg -- Philosophy as a way of life : the case of Leo Strauss / Steven B. Smith -- The philosopher's vocation : the Voegelinian paradigm / Ellis Sandoz -- Yves R. Simon : a philosopher's quest for science and prudence / Walter Nicgorski -- Hannah Arendt : from philosophy to politics / Dana R. Villa -- Friedrich Hayek on the nature of social order and law / Eric Mack -- Michael Oakeshott : the philosophical skeptic in an impatient age / Timothy Fuller -- Moral pluralism and liberal democracy : Isaiah Berlin's heterodox liberalism / William Galston -- H.L.A. Hart : a twentieth-century Oxford political philosopher / John M. Finnis -- John Rawls and the task of political philosophy / Paul Weithman -- Richard Rorty : liberalism, irony, and social hope / Michael Bacon -- Jean-Paul Sartre : "in the soup" / William Leon McBride -- Michel Foucault : an ethical politics of care of self and others / Alan Milchman and Alan Rosenberg -- Jürgen Habermas : postwar German political debates and the making of a critical theorist / William E. Scheuerman -- Alasdair MacIntyre on political thinking and the tasks of politics / Arthur Madigan, S.J. -- Another philosopher-citizen : the political philosophy of Charles Taylor / Ruth Abbey.
Political science
Political scientists