Description
Book Synopsisaeo Surveys major political philosophers of the 20th century. aeo Displays a sharp focus and thematic unity not found in most edited volumes. aeo Written in a clear and accessible style without over--simplifying or giving a prejudiced account of the thinkers discussed.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements.
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.
