The Political
Blackwell Readings in Continental Philosophy
1. Edition November 2001
320 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-21547-9
John Wiley & Sons
The Political is a collection of readings by the most important political philosophers representing the six major schools of Continental philosophy: Phenomenology, Existentialism, Critical Theory, Poststructuralism, Postmodernism, and Postcolonialism.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Introduction (David Ingram).
PART I. PHENOMENOLOGY: POLITICAL ACTION AND THE DIALECTIC OF
POWER AND VIOLENCE.
1. Selections from The Human Condition.
On Violence (Hannah Arendt).
2. Power, Violence, and Legitimacy: A Reading of Hannah Arendt
in an Age of Police Brutality and Humanitarian Intervention (Iris
Marion Young).
PART II. EXISTENTIALISM: REVOLUTIONARY PRAXIS AND THE
DIALECTIC OF GROUPS AND INSTITUTIONS.
3. Selections from Critique of Dialectical Reason (Jean-Paul
Sartre).
4. Sartre's Critique (William L. McBride).
PART III. CRITICAL THEORY: LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND THE
DIALECTIC OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY.
5. Three Normative Models of Democracy.
On the Internal Relation Between the Rule of Law and Democracy
(Jürgen Habermas).
6. Can Procedural Democracy Be Radical (Simone Chambers).
PART IV. POSTSTRUCTURALISM: MODERN POLITICAL VIRTUE AND THE
DIALECTIC OF GOVERNANCE AND RESISTANCE.
7. What is Critique (Michel Foucault).
8. What is Critique? An Essay on Foucault's Virtue (Judith
Butler).
PART V. POSTMODERNISM: TOTALITARIANISM AND THE DIALECTIC OF
IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE.
9. Memorandum on Legitimation (Jean-François Lyotard).
10. Democracy in the Era of Identity Politics: Lyotard on
Postmodern Legitimation (David Ingram).
PART VI. POSTCOLONIALISM: PLANETARY POLITICS AND THE
DIALECTIC OF LIFE AND LIBERATION.
11. Six Theses Towards a Critique of Political Reason: The
Citizen as Political Agent (Enrique Dussel).
12. Politics in an Age of Planetarization: Enrique
Dussel's Critique of Political Reason (Eduardo Mendieta).
Index.
Preface.
Introduction (David Ingram).
PART I. PHENOMENOLOGY: POLITICAL ACTION AND THE DIALECTIC OF
POWER AND VIOLENCE.
1. Selections from The Human Condition.
On Violence (Hannah Arendt).
2. Power, Violence, and Legitimacy: A Reading of Hannah Arendt
in an Age of Police Brutality and Humanitarian Intervention (Iris
Marion Young).
PART II. EXISTENTIALISM: REVOLUTIONARY PRAXIS AND THE
DIALECTIC OF GROUPS AND INSTITUTIONS.
3. Selections from Critique of Dialectical Reason (Jean-Paul
Sartre).
4. Sartre's Critique (William L. McBride).
PART III. CRITICAL THEORY: LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND THE
DIALECTIC OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY.
5. Three Normative Models of Democracy.
On the Internal Relation Between the Rule of Law and Democracy
(Jürgen Habermas).
6. Can Procedural Democracy Be Radical (Simone Chambers).
PART IV. POSTSTRUCTURALISM: MODERN POLITICAL VIRTUE AND THE
DIALECTIC OF GOVERNANCE AND RESISTANCE.
7. What is Critique (Michel Foucault).
8. What is Critique? An Essay on Foucault's Virtue (Judith
Butler).
PART V. POSTMODERNISM: TOTALITARIANISM AND THE DIALECTIC OF
IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE.
9. Memorandum on Legitimation (Jean-François Lyotard).
10. Democracy in the Era of Identity Politics: Lyotard on
Postmodern Legitimation (David Ingram).
PART VI. POSTCOLONIALISM: PLANETARY POLITICS AND THE
DIALECTIC OF LIFE AND LIBERATION.
11. Six Theses Towards a Critique of Political Reason: The
Citizen as Political Agent (Enrique Dussel).
12. Politics in an Age of Planetarization: Enrique
Dussel's Critique of Political Reason (Eduardo Mendieta).
Index.
"A high-powered introduction to key issues in current political
philosophy. With original essays, distinguished scholars respond to
seminal texts by major figures in the continental tradition.
Effective, informative, and timely." Thomas R. Flynn, Emory
University
"Selected by a leading specialist in political philosophy, the
essays in this collection represent an ingenious way to approach
recent debates in continental philosophy. The juxtaposition of
essays by major political thinkers with interpretive essays that
explain the context reflects thoughtful and clever matchmaking. The
historical movements of phenomenology, existentialism, and critical
theory are complemented by current discussions of
poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism. This
anthology will be a valuable guide to the general reader who is
interested in these rubrics as well as a useful text at all levels
of the curriculum." David Hoy, University of California,
Santa Cruz
philosophy. With original essays, distinguished scholars respond to
seminal texts by major figures in the continental tradition.
Effective, informative, and timely." Thomas R. Flynn, Emory
University
"Selected by a leading specialist in political philosophy, the
essays in this collection represent an ingenious way to approach
recent debates in continental philosophy. The juxtaposition of
essays by major political thinkers with interpretive essays that
explain the context reflects thoughtful and clever matchmaking. The
historical movements of phenomenology, existentialism, and critical
theory are complemented by current discussions of
poststructuralism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism. This
anthology will be a valuable guide to the general reader who is
interested in these rubrics as well as a useful text at all levels
of the curriculum." David Hoy, University of California,
Santa Cruz
David Ingram is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University in Chicago. He is author of many books including Habermas and the Dialectic of Reason (1987), Critical Theory and Philosophy (1990), and Group Rights: Reconciling Equality and Difference (2000).