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Zusatztext This welcome collection of new essays help us better understand both where political philosophy has been and where it is going. The arguments of the essays are also nicely interrelated! thus challenging us to work out our own view as we read though the volume. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Fiala is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Fresno, USA. He is the author of The Just War Myth (Rowman and Littlefield, 2008), The Philosopher's Voice (SUNY Press, 2002) and Practical Pacifism (Algora Press, 2004). Klappentext The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy is the definitive guide to contemporary political philosophy. The book covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Fourteen specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts, including Eduardo Mendieta and Gillian Brock, reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The Companion explores a range of issues from the nature and history of political philosophy, sovereignty, distributive justice, democratic theory, feminist theory, to toleration, human rights, immigration, cosmopolitanism, peace, war, and the challenge of Eurocentrism in political philosophy. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a chronology, a detailed list of resources, and a fully annotated bibliography, this is the essential reference tool for anyone researching or working in political philosophy.Covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field in both historical and contemporary terms. Zusammenfassung The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy is the definitive guide to contemporary political philosophy. The book covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Fourteen specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts! including Eduardo Mendieta and Gillian Brock! reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and! most valuably! the exciting new directions the field is taking. The Companion explores a range of issues from the nature and history of political philosophy! sovereignty! distributive justice! democratic theory! feminist theory! to toleration! human rights! immigration! cosmopolitanism! peace! war! and the challenge of Eurocentrism in political philosophy. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools! including an A to Z of key terms and concepts! a chronology! a detailed list of resources! and a fully annotated bibliography! this is the essential reference tool for anyone researching or working in political philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors Introduction, Andrew Fiala 1 The History of Political Philosophy, James Alexander 2 Sovereignty, Andrew Fiala 3 Cosmopolitanism, Gillian Brock 4 Human Rights, Siegfried Van Duffel 5 Distributive Justice, Ovadia Ezra 6 Reassessing Punishment: Retributive vs. Restorative Justice, Trudy Conway 7 War, George Lucas 8 Peace, Andrew Fitz-Gibbon 9 Liberal Toleration, R. Paul Churchill 10 Democratic Theory, Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley 11 Feminism and Gender, Anca Gheaus 12 Immigration and Borders, Shelley Wilcox 13 The Future(s) of Political Philosophy, J. Jeremy Wisnewski and Matthew Voorhees 14, Globalization, Cosmopolitics, Decoloniality: Politics for/of the Anthropocene, Eduardo Mendieta Chronology Glossary Research resources Annotated Bibliography Index ...
