The division between analytic and continental political theory
remains as sharp as it is wide, rendering basic problems seemingly
intractable. Across the Great Divide offers an accessible and
compelling account of how this split has shaped the field of
political philosophy and suggests means of addressing it. Rather
than advocating a synthesis of these philosophical modes, author
Jeremy Arnold argues for aporetic cross-tradition theorizing:
bringing together both traditions in order to show how each is at
once necessary and limited. Across the Great Divide engages with a
range of fundamental political concepts and theorists—from state
legitimacy and violence in the work of Stanley Cavell, to personal
freedom and its civic institutionalization in Philip Pettit and
Hannah Arendt, and justice in John Rawls and Jacques Derrida—not
only illustrating the shortcomings of theoretical synthesis but
also demonstrating a productive alternative. By outlining the
failings of "political realism" as a synthetic cross-tradition
approach to political theory and by modeling an aporetic mode of
engagement, Arnold shows how we can better understand and address
the pressing political issues of civil freedom and state justice
today.
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