Interpreting Political Responsibility : Essays 1981-1989 /

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In this volume one of the leading political theorists of our time addresses what he believes is the major task of political theory: showing human beings how they have good reason to act in the historical situation in which they find themselves. Dunn argues that humans today depend more abjectly and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dunn, John, 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1990]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Responsibility.
Prudence.
Political science.
Political leadership.
International economic relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Responsabilite.
Political science > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. What is Living and What is Dead in the Political Theory of John Locke?
  • 3. Trust and Political Agency
  • 4. Rights and Political Conflict
  • 5. Liberty as a Substantive Political Value
  • 6. Revolution
  • 7. Country Risk: Social and Cultural Aspects
  • 8. Responsibility without Power: States and the Incoherence of the Modern Conception of the Political Good
  • 9. The Politics of Representation and Good Government in Post-colonial Africa
  • 10. Unger's Politics and the Appraisal of Political Possibility
  • 11. Elusive Community: The Political Theory of Charles Taylor
  • 12. Reconceiving the Content and Character of Modern Political Community
  • Notes
  • Index.

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