Polis and Praxis Exercises in Contemporary Political Theory
| Author/creator | Dallmayr, Fred R. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : MIT Press |
| Description | 216 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation <p>This provocative collection of essays seeks to clarify and redefine mainstream political and social concepts whose meaning is problematic. Their touchstone is the relation between polis and praxis - the public-political space and the political action that maintains and is conditioned by that space. The result is a stimulating and original contribution to current political discourse that explores and advocates the manifold possible levels of active political life below and above the level of the state.In an open philosophical inquiry, the author conducts a dialogue with many of this century's seminal thinkers as he takes up such topics as the plausibility of friendship as a model for political relations, the relation between political praxis and "experience," Heidegger's ontology of freedom, Foucault's treatment of power, and the merits and disadvantages of Habermasian critical theory.Fred Dallmayr is Packey Dee Professor of Government at the University of Notre Dame.</p> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780262540483 |
| ISBN | 0262540487 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780262540483 |
| Stock number | 00015994 |
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