Political Philosophers of the Twentieth Century
1. Edition November 1998
312 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-20261-5
John Wiley & Sons
This volume provides an outstanding survey of the major political philosophers of the twentieth century.
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction.
2. Max Weber and the Politics of the Twentieth Century.
Part I: Critics of Consumerist Capitalism:.
3. Herbert Marcuse and the Frankfurt School: The Tyranny of
Instrumental Reason.
4. Hannah Arendt: Classical Republicanism and the Modern
World.
5. C. B. Macpherson: Possessive Individualism and Liberal
Democracy.
Part II: Embattled Liberalism:.
6. Michael Oakeshott: Rationalism and Civil Association.
7. Friedruch Hayek: The Theory of Spontaneous Order.
8. Karl Popper: Critical Rationalism and the Open Society.
9. Isaiah Berlin: Monism and Pluralism.
Part III: Contemporaries:.
10. John Rawls: Liberal Justice.
11. Robert Nozick: The Minimal State.
12. Jurgen Habermas: Discourse Ethics and Democracy.
13. Conclusion: The End of History?.
Index.
1. Introduction.
2. Max Weber and the Politics of the Twentieth Century.
Part I: Critics of Consumerist Capitalism:.
3. Herbert Marcuse and the Frankfurt School: The Tyranny of
Instrumental Reason.
4. Hannah Arendt: Classical Republicanism and the Modern
World.
5. C. B. Macpherson: Possessive Individualism and Liberal
Democracy.
Part II: Embattled Liberalism:.
6. Michael Oakeshott: Rationalism and Civil Association.
7. Friedruch Hayek: The Theory of Spontaneous Order.
8. Karl Popper: Critical Rationalism and the Open Society.
9. Isaiah Berlin: Monism and Pluralism.
Part III: Contemporaries:.
10. John Rawls: Liberal Justice.
11. Robert Nozick: The Minimal State.
12. Jurgen Habermas: Discourse Ethics and Democracy.
13. Conclusion: The End of History?.
Index.
Michael H. Lessnoff is Reader in Politics at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of The Spirit of Capitalism and the Protestant Ethic (1994); Social Contract (1986); and The Structure of Social Science: A Philosophical Introduction (1974).
