Political Concepts and Political Theories introduces political theory by focusing on enduring disputes about the nature of freedom, power, equality, justice, democracy, and authority. The first part of the book examines the nature of these disputes. It clarifies what we are disagreeing about when we offer different interpretations of political concepts, and why our disagreements about them are so difficult to resolve. Providing accessible accounts of the views of Plato, Wittgenstein, and recent theorists such as Gallie, Gaus argues that our interpretation of a political concept such as liberty is not freestanding but linked to our understandings of power, equality, justice, democracy, and other values. To understand a particular political concept, Gaus argues, we must place it in a political theory, which constitutes a system of such concepts. The second part of the book examines the ways in which liberal, socialist, and conservative thinkers have interpreted these enduring political concepts. Gaus considers a wide range of classical and contemporary advocates of these theories. Political Concepts and Political Theories presents in an accessible way an innovative approach to the analysis of political concepts and the study of political theory. As such, it will be of interest both to those looking at political concepts and political theories for the first time, as well as to scholars who have already examined these issues.
發表於2024-12-23
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圖書標籤: philosophy politics 政治哲學 Introduction 社會哲學 政治 原版 Politics
從維特根斯坦討論起
評分非常棒的政治科學入門書!簡明易懂、邏輯清晰,直指問題的根本
評分從維特根斯坦討論起
評分很慶幸政治學第一本入門書讀的是這個,慢慢食,構建一個宏觀框架,啓發很大。
評分“My main aim in this book is to show how and why the main enduring political theories have interpreted political concepts differently. ”非常棒的入門書,從維特根斯坦講起,以他的family resemblance 作結。讀完此書突然對“不要委身於任何學理上無法自圓其說的事物上”有瞭更深的體悟——理論是概念的攢蹙纍積和精妙架構,每個重要問題都莫得遁隱。
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