Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology
by Robert E. Goodin (Editor), Philip Pettit (Editor)
Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies
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"The essays contained in this collection represent what seem to us to be canonical texts in contemporary political philosophy. But they only represent the contemporary canon, they do not exhaust it. Although this collection is two or perhaps three times the size of most, we nevertheless found that we had space for only a sample of the very many more texts and topics that we would like to have included.The collection is deliberately designed as a companion to our earlier Companion to show more Contemporary Political Philosophy (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 1993; 2nd edition, 2012). We attempted to retain something of the same flavor in this collection, much the same scope of substantive concerns and much the same diversity of analytic styles. Inevitably, though, there is so much more surveyed in the Companion's many chapters than can be reprinted here. Interested readers are referred back to the Companion not only to situate the texts in the present collection but also for further readings and whole other sets of concerns"-- show lessTags
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Looked promising and started out strong. Sadly the material receives very uneven treatment, heavily biased towards liberal viewpoints and topics and dismissing other views. The closing chapters give up on any pretence of wide coverage and concentrate on how to best apply redistributive justice.
A collection of recent (mid-twentieth century on) works in political theory. A definitive work on the period.
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Robert E. Goodin is Distinguished Professor of Social and Political Theory and Philosophy at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, and Professor of Government at the University of Essex.
Philip Pettit teacher philosophy at Princeton University and the Australian National University. He is the author of many books in philosophy and political theory and was John Locke Lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University in 2019. A volume devoted to his work, Common Minds: Themes from the Philosophy of Philip Pettit, edited by show more Geoffrey Brennan et al. was published by OUP in 2007. show less
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- Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology
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