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Political Philosophy - What It Is and Why It Matters (Hardcover)
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What is political philosophy? Ronald Beiner makes the case that it
is centrally defined by supremely ambitious reflection on the ends
of life. We pursue this reflection by exposing ourselves to, and
participating in, a perennial dialogue among epic theorists who
articulate grand visions of what constitutes the authentic good for
human beings. Who are these epic theorists, and what are their
strengths and weaknesses? Beiner selects a dozen leading
candidates: Arendt, Oakeshott, Strauss, Loewith, Voegelin, Weil,
Gadamer, Habermas, Foucault, MacIntyre, Rawls, and Rorty. In each
case, he shows both why the political philosophies continue to be
intellectually compelling and why they are problematic or can be
challenged in various ways. In this sense, Political Philosophy
attempts to draw up a balance sheet for political philosophy in the
twentieth century, by identifying a canon of towering contributions
and reviewing the extent to which they fulfil their intellectual
aspirations.
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