Rethinking modern political theory : essays, 1979-83 / John Dunn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunn, John, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Physical Description:

x, 230 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : Cambridge University Press, 1985.

Contents:

Part I Christian Natural Law and the Foundations of Liberalism

1 Individuality and clientage in the formation of Locke's social imagination

2 'Trust' in the politics of John Locke

3 From applied theology to social analysis: the break between John Locke and the Scottish Enlightenment

Part II Socialism in Theory and Socialism in History

4 Understanding revolutions

5 Totalitarian democracy and the legacy of modern revolutions: explanation or indictment?

6 Unimagined community: the deceptions of socialist internationalism

Part III Bringing the World Back In

7 Social theory, social understanding, and political action

8 Identity, modernity and the claim to know better

9 The future of liberalism

10 The future of political philosophy in the West.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0521301300

OCLC:

11210769