Sustaining affirmation : the strengths of weak ontology in political theory /

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In light of many recent critiques of Western modernity and its conceptual foundations, the problem of adequately justifying our most basic moral and political values looms large. Without recourse to traditional ontological or metaphysical foundations, how can one affirm--or sustain--a commitment to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: White, Stephen K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Political science > Philosophy.
Ontology.
Idées politiques.
Ontologie.
ontologies (vocabularies)
ontology (metaphysics)
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Ontologie (filosofie)
Politieke filosofie.
Philosophie politique.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the weak ontological turn
  • Ontological undercurrents within liberalism: George Kateb's "democratic individuality"
  • The "richer ontology" of Charles Taylor
  • Judith Butler's being-in-trouble
  • The ontology and politics of a "post-Nietzschean sensibility": William Connolly.

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