Political obligation in its historical context : essays in political theory / John Dunn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunn, John, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Allegiance.

Political obligation.

Allégeance.

Local Subjects:

Allégeance.

Physical Description:

x, 355 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1980.

Summary:

Mr Dunn addresses the central questions of political philosophy from an unusually broad variety of perspectives.

Contents:

[1.] The historicity of the question: The identity of the history of ideas

Consent in the political theory of John Locke

The politics of Locke in England and America in the eighteenth century

[2.] The historicity of the answers: Practising history and social science on 'realist' assumptions

From democracy to representation: am interpretation of a Ghanaian election

'Hoc signo victor eris': representation, allegiance and obligation in the politics of Ghana and Sri Lanka

Democracy unretrieved, or the political theory of Professor Macpherson

The success and failure of modern revolutions

Conclusions: Political obligations and political possibilities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521228905

9780521228909

OCLC:

6223826

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