Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Idea of the State (Contemporary Political Theory)



The Idea of the State (Contemporary Political Theory)
Peter J. Steinberger | 2005-03-14 00:00:00 | Cambridge University Press | 344 | Politics
Political theory has been characterized by a pronounced distrust of metaphysical or ontological speculation for more than a half-century. However, Peter J. Steinberger reaffirms the importance of systematic philosophical inquiry into the foundations of political life in view of changing trends. Steinberger demonstrates how such an approach can cast a new and instructive light on a variety of controversial, seemingly intractable problems of tolerance, civil disobedience, democracy and consent.

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