Political Judgement - Essays for John Dunn

Informationen zum Autor Richard Bourke is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at Queen Mary! University of London. Raymond Geuss is a Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Klappentext Leading scholars re-examine political judgement, attempting to understand the relationship between political theory and political practice. Zusammenfassung The attempt to understand political judgement reflects a struggle to define the relationship between political process and political norms. This book by leading scholars restores the subject to the very centre of political theory! reconsidering classic debates whilst offering original treatments of key figures in the history of political thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Richard Bourke and Raymond Geuss; Part I. The Character of Political Judgement: 1. What is political judgement? Raymond Geuss; 2. Sticky judgement and the role of rhetoric Victoria McGeer and Philip Pettit; 3. Theory and practice: the revolution in political judgement Richard Bourke; Part II. Trust, Judgement and Consent: 4. On trusting the judgement of our rulers Quentin Skinner; 5. Adam Smith's history of law and government as political theory Istvan Hont; 6. Marxism in translation: critical reflections on Indian radical thought Sudipta Kaviraj; Part III. Rationality and Judgement: 7. Pericles' unreason Geoffrey Hawthorn; 8. Accounting for human actions: individual agency and political judgement in Montaigne's Essais Biancamaria Fontana; 9. Nehru's judgement Sunil Khilnani; Part IV. Democracy and Modern Political Judgement: 10. Democracy, equality and redistribution Adam Przeworski; 11. Democracy and terrorism Richard Tuck; Bibliography of the works of John Dunn.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Bourke, Richard (Queen Mary University of London) Bourke, Richard Geuss Bourke
• Con la collaborazione di: Richard Bourke (Editore), Richard (Queen Mary University of London) Bourke (Editore), Raymond Geuss (Editore), Raymond (University of Cambridge) Geuss (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.08.2009
• EAN: 9780521764988
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76498-8
• Pagine: 368
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Teorie politiche e storia delle idee; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie