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Informationen zum Autor Seth Vannatta is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Seth studies American pragmatism and philosophy of law and politics. He has published various book chapters as well as articles in The Pluralist, Contemporary Pragmatism, Education and Culture, Humanitas , and other journals. Klappentext Conservatism and Pragmatism illustrates the intersections between classical British Conservative thought and classical American Pragmatist philosophy with regard to methodology in politics, ethics, and law. Zusammenfassung Conservatism and Pragmatism illustrates the intersections between classical British Conservative thought and classical American Pragmatist philosophy with regard to methodology in politics! ethics! and law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: RATIONALISM IN POLITICS AND ETHICS 1. Enlightenment Political Theory and British Conservatism 2. Enlightenment Moral Theory and British Conservatism PART II: THE QUESTION OF HISTORY 3. The 19th Century and History 4. The Problem of History 5. Conservative and Pragmatist Historical Inquiry PART III: NORMATIVE METHODOLOGIES IN LAW, ETHICS, AND POLITICS 6. Pragmatist Responses to Enlightenment Reason 7. Conservatism and Pragmatism in Jurisprudence 8. The Aesthetic Dimensions of Moral Experience 9. Conservatism and Pragmatism by Comparative Analysis 10. Conservative and Pragmatist Politics Conclusion: Detachment and Engagement in Conservatism and Pragmatism Notes Bibliography Index
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Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: RATIONALISM IN POLITICS AND ETHICS 1. Enlightenment Political Theory and British Conservatism 2. Enlightenment Moral Theory and British Conservatism PART II: THE QUESTION OF HISTORY 3. The 19th Century and History 4. The Problem of History 5. Conservative and Pragmatist Historical Inquiry PART III: NORMATIVE METHODOLOGIES IN LAW, ETHICS, AND POLITICS 6. Pragmatist Responses to Enlightenment Reason 7. Conservatism and Pragmatism in Jurisprudence 8. The Aesthetic Dimensions of Moral Experience 9. Conservatism and Pragmatism by Comparative Analysis 10. Conservative and Pragmatist Politics Conclusion: Detachment and Engagement in Conservatism and Pragmatism Notes Bibliography Index
