Political theory : the foundations of twentieth-century political thought / by Arnold Brecht.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brecht, Arnold, 1884-1977, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Methodology.

Political science.

Political science--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (630 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1967.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this distinguished work Arnold Brecht, who served under more than a dozen German Chancellors and whose work in defense of democracy received recognition by the Adenauer government in 1953, surveys the philosophical and scientific foundations of political theory in the twentieth century. His wide-ranging treatise sweeps over the entire scope of this century's contributions, including the philosophical, juridical, scientific, sociological, methodological, and historical. The book is a pioneering effort toward an integrated presentation, a first attempt to offer a comprehensive modern political theory.The aim is both a systematic presentation and a full description of the recent genesis of thought. The pertinent teachings of representative writers-some from the past (from Hume and Kant to Darwin, Mill, and Marx) and most of the present century (from Peirce, James, Simmel, and Weber to Husserl, Dewey, Lasswell, Northrop, and Fuller) are analyzed. Dr. Brecht incorporates, chapter by chapter, his own contributions. Social scientists, philosophers, lawyers, and students of religion will find it a challenging guide, written with penetrating clarity and rich in fruitful suggestions.Originally published in 1959.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Preface to the Fifth Printing

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introductory

Part One: Systematic

Chapter I. Theory of Scientific Method: Facts and Logic

Chapter II. Theory of Scientific Method (Continued): Causality, Tests, Prediction

Chapter III. Theory of Scientific Value Relativism (Value Alternativism)

Chapter IV. Theory of Justice and the Impact on it of Scientific Method and Value Relativism

Part Two: Genetic

Chapter V. Precursors and Cousins

Chapter VI. The Rise of Scientific Value Relativism

Part Three: Polemic

Chapter VII. The Revolt

Chapter VIII. Twentieth-Century Attempts to Identify Highest Values

Part Four: At the Borderline of Metaphysics

Chapter IX. Factual, Not Logical, Links between Is and Ought

Chapter X. Universal Postulates of Justice

Chapter XI. Truth and Justice

Chapter XII. Impossibility (Limited Possibility)

Chapter XIII. Twentieth-Century Political Science and the Belief in God

Results

Appendix A. Note Regarding a Planned Second Volume

Appendix B. Miscellaneous Notes on Special Questions and on Literature

Supplementary Notes on Literature

Index of Names

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691622903

0691622906

9780691649610

0691649618

9781400878550

1400878551

OCLC:

967567033