Philosophy of Claude Lefort - Interpreting the Political

Informationen zum Autor BERNARD FLYNN is a political philosopher who teaches at Empire State College/SUNY in New York City and lectures at the Graduate Faculty of New School University. Klappentext This study of Claude Lefort offers an account of Lefort's accomplishment - its unique merits! its relation to political philosophy within the Continental tradition! and its great relevance today. Zusammenfassung This study of Claude Lefort offers an account of Lefort's accomplishment - its unique merits! its relation to political philosophy within the Continental tradition! and its great relevance today.

List of contents

Introduction; Part One: Lefort as Reader of Machiavelli; Chapter 1 The Prince; Chapter 2 The Discourses; Chapter 3 Machiavelli: The Practice of Interpretation; Part Two: Lefort on Pre-Modernity; Chapter 4 Pre-Modernity; Chapter 5 European Pre-Modernity; Part Three: Lefort on Modernity; Chapter 6 Modernity and Revolution; Chapter 7 Modernity and Law; Chapter 8 Modernity and Rights; Chapter 9 Modernity and Ideology; Part Four: Lefort on Totalitarianism; Chapter 10 Totalitarianism as "Measures Taken"; Chapter 11 Totalitarianism as Regime; Chapter 12 The Fate of the Concept of Totalitarianism After the Fall

Product details

• Authors: Bernard Flynn
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2006
• EAN: 9780810121065
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-2106-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy; Northwestern University Studie; Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy; Northwestern University Studie; Studies in Phenomenology and E
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science