Political Theory for Mortals - Shades of Justice, Images of Death

Seery offers a new conception of social contract theory as a framework for confronting death issues. He urges us to look to an older tradition of descent into an underworld, wherein classic theorists consulted poetically with the dead and acquired from them political insight and direction.

Riassunto

Despite an abundance of violence occurring in political contexts, no liberal political theorist since Thomas Hobbes has talked directly and coherently about death. John E. Seery does. He contends that liberalism desperately needs a theoretical...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John E. Seery, John Evan Seery
• Editore: Cornell University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.07.1996
• EAN: 9780801483769
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-8376-9
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 146 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 454 g
• Serie: Contestations; Contestations: Cornell Studies in Political Theory; Contestations; Contestations: Cornell Studies in Political Theory
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie