Political Categories - Thinking Beyond Concepts

Michael Marder proposes a new methodology for political science and philosophy, one which he terms ¿categorial thinking.¿ Under this lens, the political appears not as a singular concept but as a family of categories, allowing room for new, plural, and often antagonistic ideas about the state, the people, sovereignty, and power.

List of contents

Preface
1. Political Categories
2. The Initial Approach: Aristotle
3. The Second Look: Kant
4. The Categories “At Work”
Appendix 1. Aristotle’s Categories—a Political Interpretation
Appendix 2. Kant’s “Transcendental Analytic” (Critique of Pure Reason)—a Political Interpretation
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Michael Marder is IKERBASQUE Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain. His most recent book is Energy Dreams: Of Actuality (Columbia, 2017).

Summary

Michael Marder proposes a new methodology for political science and philosophy, one which he terms “categorial thinking.” Under this lens, the political appears not as a singular concept but as a family of categories, allowing room for new, plural, and often antagonistic ideas about the state, the people, sovereignty, and power.

Additional text

This is perhaps the most original and thought-provoking book of political theory this reviewer has read in years. Scholars in both political philosophy and political science will benefit from it . . . Highly recommended.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Marder
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9780231188692
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18869-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory