The Nature of Political Theory

Table of contents

- Contents (Page 8)
- 1 An Eclectic Subject (Page 12)
- Foundations (Page 14)
- Theory and Politics (Page 18)
- Pattern of the Book (Page 21)
- PART ONE (Page 28)
- 2 We Have a Firm Foundation (Page 30)
- Classical Normative Political Theory (Page 30)
- Institutional Political Theory (Page 39)
- Historical Political Theory (Page 48)
- Empirical Political Theory (Page 62)
- Ideological Political Theory (Page 76)
- Conclusion (Page 84)
- PART TWO (Page 92)
- 3 Foundations Shaken but Not Stirred (Page 94)
- Logical Positivism (Page 95)
- Ordinary Language (Page 99)
- A Digression on Death and Putrefaction (Page 102)
- Wittgenstein and Essential Contestability (Page 106)
- A Reckoning with Essential Contestability (Page 111)
- Conclusion (Page 115)
- 4 Bleached Foundations (Page 119)
- The Concept of Justice (Page 120)
- Conceptions of Justice (Page 122)
- Procedural Theories (Page 124)
- Social Justice: Desert and Non-Desert (Page 126)
- Justice and Mutual Advantage (Page 129)
- Justice and Utility (Page 131)
- Justice as Impartiality (Page 135)
- Sexual Justice (Page 138)
- Spheres of Justice (Page 141)
- Conclusion (Page 143)
- PART THREE (Page 150)
- 5 Shoring Up Foundations (Page 152)
- Conventions (Page 154)
- Oakeshott and Conventionalism (Page 156)
- Communitarianism (Page 165)
- Political Liberalism (Page 173)
- Conclusion (Page 178)
- 6 New Conventions for Old (Page 182)
- Nationalism (Page 182)
- Neo-Aristotelianism (Page 188)
- Republicanism (Page 198)
- Conclusion (Page 211)
- PART FOUR (Page 216)
- 7 Segmented Foundations and Pluralism (Page 218)
- A Word about Pluralism (Page 220)
- Liberal Pluralism (Page 222)
- Multicultural Pluralism (Page 226)
- Difference Pluralism (Page 230)
- Conclusion (Page 237)
- 8 Standing Problems (Page 243)
- Nietzsche and the Twilight of the Idols (Page 244)
- Heidegger and Humanism (Page 250)
- Derrida and Foucault (Page 253)
- Rorty and Connolly (Page 261)
- Lyotard and the Differend (Page 264)
- Conclusion (Page 268)
- PART FIVE (Page 280)
- 9 Dialogic Foundations (Page 282)
- The Philosophical Context (Page 283)
- Critical Theory (Page 286)
- Critical Theory Fulfilled (Page 289)
- Positivism and Knowledge Spheres (Page 291)
- The Critique of Foundationalism and the Subject (Page 293)
- Universal Pragmatics and Fallibilism (Page 296)
- Discourse Ethics and Deliberative Democracy (Page 299)
- Conclusion (Page 301)
- 10 Circular Foundations (Page 305)
- The Hermeneutic Context (Page 307)
- Language, History, and Prejudice (Page 308)
- Enlightenment and Positivism (Page 312)
- Dialogue and Fusion (Page 314)
- Ethics and Politics (Page 317)
- A Dialogic Confiict (Page 321)
- Conclusion (Page 326)
- Conclusion (Page 330)
- Bibliography (Page 338)
- Index (Page 356)
- A (Page 356)
- B (Page 356)
- C (Page 356)
- D (Page 357)
- E (Page 357)
- F (Page 358)
- G (Page 359)
- H (Page 359)
- I (Page 360)
- J (Page 360)
- K (Page 361)
- L (Page 361)
- M (Page 362)
- N (Page 362)
- O (Page 363)
- P (Page 363)
- Q (Page 364)
- R (Page 364)
- S (Page 364)
- T (Page 365)
- U (Page 365)
- V (Page 365)
- W (Page 365)
- Y (Page 365)