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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: White, Stephen K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.