A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy, 2 Volume Set
Blackwell Companions to Philosophy

2. Auflage Oktober 2007
952 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This new edition of A Companion to Contemporary Political
Philosophy has been extended significantly to include 55
chapters across two volumes written by some of today's most
distinguished scholars.
* New contributors include some of today's most
distinguished scholars, among them Thomas Pogge, Charles Beitz, and
Michael Doyle
* Provides in-depth coverage of contemporary philosophical debate
in all major related disciplines, such as economics, history, law,
political science, international relations and sociology
* Presents analysis of key political ideologies, including new
chapters on Cosmopolitanism and Fundamentalism
* Includes detailed discussions of major concepts in political
philosophy, including virtue, power, human rights, and just
war
Notes on Contributors.
Part I: Disciplinary Contributions.
Part II: Major Ideologies.
Part III: Special Topics.
Index
undergraduates and researchers alike. The diverse selection of
expert contributors is impressive." (ARBA Online,
March 2009)
"Strongly recommended. University libraries catering for courses
in politics, philosophy, law or the social sciences will all find
useful material here, and should consider it for acquisition."
(Reference Reviews, February 2009)
"As a whole the volume serves as a fine survey for the advanced
undergraduate student and a good reference work for the
professional seeking connections to ideas outside a narrow
specialization. Summing Up: Recommended." (CHOICE)
Philosophy and of Social & Political Theory in the Research
School of Social Sciences and a Corresponding Fellow of the British
Academy. General Editor of a 10-volume series of Oxford
Handbooks of Political Science and founding editor of
Blackwell's Journal of Political Philosophy, Goodin
served as co-editor of the British Journal of Political
Science and Associate Editor of Ethics.
Philip Pettit, formerly of the Australian National
University, is now L.S. Rockefeller University Professor of
Politics and Human Values at Princeton University. He works in
moral and political theory and on background issues in
philosophical psychology and social ontology.
Thomas Pogge is Professor of Political Science at
Columbia University and Professorial Fellow at the ANU Centre for
Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. He is editor for social and
political philosophy for the Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy and a member of the Norwegian Academy of
Science.