The Nature of Political Theory

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  • 1 An Eclectic Subject

    • Foundations

    • Theory and Politics

    • Pattern of the Book

      • PART ONE





  • 2 We Have a Firm Foundation

    • Classical Normative Political Theory

    • Institutional Political Theory

    • Historical Political Theory

    • Empirical Political Theory

    • Ideological Political Theory

    • Conclusion

      • PART TWO





  • 3 Foundations Shaken but Not Stirred

    • Logical Positivism

    • Ordinary Language

    • A Digression on Death and Putrefaction

    • Wittgenstein and Essential Contestability

    • A Reckoning with Essential Contestability

    • Conclusion



  • 4 Bleached Foundations

    • The Concept of Justice

    • Conceptions of Justice

    • Procedural Theories

    • Social Justice: Desert and Non-Desert

    • Justice and Mutual Advantage

    • Justice and Utility

    • Justice as Impartiality

    • Sexual Justice

    • Spheres of Justice

    • Conclusion

      • PART THREE viii Contents





  • 5 Shoring Up Foundations

    • Conventions

    • Oakeshott and Conventionalism

    • Communitarianism

    • Political Liberalism

    • Conclusion



  • 6 New Conventions for Old

    • Nationalism

    • Neo-Aristotelianism

    • Republicanism

    • Conclusion

      • PART FOUR





  • 7 Segmented Foundations and Pluralism

    • A Word about Pluralism

    • Liberal Pluralism

    • Multicultural Pluralism

    • Difference Pluralism

    • Conclusion



  • 8 Standing Problems

    • Nietzsche and the Twilight of the Idols

    • Heidegger and Humanism

    • Derrida and Foucault

    • Rorty and Connolly

    • Lyotard and the Differend

    • Conclusion

      • PART FIVE





  • 9 Dialogic Foundations

    • The Philosophical Context

    • Critical Theory

    • Critical Theory Fulfilled

    • Positivism and Knowledge Spheres

    • The Critique of Foundationalism and the Subject

    • Universal Pragmatics and Fallibilism

    • Discourse Ethics and Deliberative Democracy

    • Conclusion



  • 10 Circular Foundations Contents ix

    • The Hermeneutic Context

    • Language, History, and Prejudice

    • Enlightenment and Positivism

    • Dialogue and Fusion

    • Ethics and Politics

    • A Dialogic Conflict

    • Conclusion



  • Conclusion

  • Bibliography

  • Index

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