This exciting new book is the first comprehensive and critical study of the relationship between the Pragmatist tradition and political theory. Festenstein develops his argument through a detailed and original reading of four key thinkers: John Dewey, Richard Rorty, Jurgen Habermas and Hilary Putnam.
Table of Content
List of Abbreviations.
Introduction.
Part I: Dewey’s Political Philosophy:.
1. Interpreting Dewey’s Political Thought.
2. Pragmatism in the Moral Life.
3. Individuality and Democracy.
Part II: New Pragmatisms:.
4. An Overview.
5. Ethnocentrism and Irony.
6. Reconstructions.
Conclusion.
Notes.
Index.
About the author
Matthew Festenstein is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Hull.
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 248 ● ISBN 9780745677026 ● File size 22.4 MB ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2013 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2708309 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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