Political Theory and Modernity (Ideas)
by William E. Connolly
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Modernity is marked by acrimonious debate over the form of the goodsociety and the proper shape of politics. But these struggles areset within a frame that supports some arguments and rules otherpossibilities out of contention. If late-modernity is a time ofdanger as well as significant achievement, it is necessary to ask:how can we become more reflective about the economies of thoughtwhich have governed modern political discourse? William Connolly clarifies the affinities binding show more togetherdisparate theorists who have sought to comprehend the shape andprospects of modernity. He reveals how thinkers adamantly opposedto one another at one level implicitly share assumptions anddemands at a more basic level; and invites Nietzsche - the thinkerwho disturbs modern theories by assessing them from thehypothetical perspective of a non-modern future - to exposepatterns of insistence inside the theories of his predecessors. show lessTags
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William E. Connolly is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor at Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches political theory. His recent books include Facing the Planetary and The Fragility of Things, both also published by Duke University Press, and Aspirational Fascism.
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- Philosophy, Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Religion & Spirituality, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 320.01 — Society, government, & culture Political science Types of Government Political Science Philosophy and Theory
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- JA83 .C636 — Political Science Political science (General) Political science (General) History
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