Political judgement : essays for John Dunn / edited by Richard Bourke and Raymond Geuss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bourke, Richard.

Geuss, Raymond

Dunn, John, 1940-

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

viii, 354 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Summary:

From Plato to Max Weber, the attempt to understand political judgement took the form of a struggle to define the relationship between politics and morals. This book by leading international scholars in the fields of history, philosophy and politics restores the subject to a place at the very centre of political theory and practice. Whilst it provides a range of perspectives on the theme of practical reason, it also explores a series of related problems in philosophy and political thought, raising fundamental questions about democracy, trust, the nature of statesmanship, and the relations between historical and political judgement. In the process, the volume reconsiders some classic debates in political theory--about equality, authority, responsibility and ideology--and offers new and original treatments of key figures in the history of political thought, including Thucydides, Montaigne, Locke, Smith, Burke and Marx.

Contents:

Part I The character of political judgement 27

1 What is political judgement? / Raymond Geuss 29

2 Sticky judgement and the role of rhetoric / Victoria Mcgeer, Philip Pettit 47

3 Theory and practice: the revolution in political judgement / Richard Bourke 73

Part II Trust, judgement and consent 111

4 On trusting the judgement of our rulers / Quentin Skinner 113

5 Adam Smith's history of law and government as political theory / Istvan Hont 131

6 Marxism in translation: critical reflections on Indian radical thought / Sudipta Kaviraj 172

Part III Rationality and judgement 201

7 Pericles' unreason / Geoffrey Hawthorn 203

8 Accounting for human actions: individual agency and political judgement in Montaigne's Essais / Biancamaria Fontana 229

9 Nehru's judgement / Sunil Khilnani 254

Part IV Democracy and modern political judgement 279

10 Democracy, equality and redistribution / Adam Przeworski 281

11 Democracy and terrorism / Richard Tuck 313.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

9780521764988

052176498X

OCLC:

311769496

Publisher Number:

99934851114