{"product_id":"twentieth-century-political-theory-a-reader-9780415948999","title":"Twentieth Century Political Theory A Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collaboration of more than 45 thinkers who form the canon of contemporary political thought--from John Dewey and Walter Benjamin to Malcolm X and Judith Butler. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwentieth Century Political Theory\u003c\/em\u003e fuses the needs of the more traditional course with the rapidly changing and extremely influential new approaches to the field. Designed for undergraduate and graduate students, this volume includes essays by major figures like Hannah Arendt, Simone de Beauvoir, Sir Isaiah Berlin, John Dewey, W.E.B. Dubois, Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault, Antonio Gramsci, V.I. Lenin, Jurgen Habermas, Adolph Hitler and others. Its range and innovative character will assuredly make this anthology the major primary work in political theory for many years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This collection combines a comprehensive sweep with a deep vision of the past and present of political theory. Should be enormously useful in a great many settings.\" -- Roger S. Gottlieb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute\u003cbr\u003e\"It shows the pleasure and the necessity of \u003cem\u003edefining the\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003epolitical\u003c\/em\u003e and of constantly holding it open in the wake of the transformations of 1989. And just because it is theoretically oriented, it indicates the necessity of rethinking and of returning constantly to the past of political theory if we are to think anew about contemporary politics.\" -- Richard C. Howard, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Marxian Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePolitical Judgements\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a comprehensive and compelling collection that breaks new ground, not only by assembling diverse texts from the rich tapestry of twentieth century political thought, but by offering new ways to categorize these texts. This book will be useful in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in the Western tradition. It is truly a gem.\" -- Elizabeth E. Kelly, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, DePaul University, Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Toward a Theory of Democracy 1. The Liberal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIdea: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJürgen Habermas\u003c\/em\u003e--The Public Sphere; \u003cem\u003eBenedetto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eCroce\u003c\/em\u003e-Liberty and Revolution; \u003cem\u003eJohn Rawls\u003c\/em\u003e--Justice as Fairness: Political not Metaphysical \u003cstrong\u003e2.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommunitarianism and Culture: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Dewey\u003c\/em\u003e--The Search for the Great Community ; \u003cem\u003eHannah Arendt-\u003c\/em\u003e-The Public and the Private Realm; \u003cem\u003eMichael Sandel\u003c\/em\u003e--The Procedural Republic and the Unencumbered Self; \u003cem\u003eRobert Putnam\u003c\/em\u003e--Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital \u003cstrong\u003e3. The\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConservative Disposition: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMichael Oakeshott\u003c\/em\u003e--On Being Conservative; \u003cem\u003eCarl Schmitt\u003c\/em\u003e--Defining the Political; \u003cem\u003eLeo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eStrauss\u003c\/em\u003e--What is Liberal Education?; \u003cem\u003eNorman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePodhoretz\u003c\/em\u003e--The Adversary Culture and the New Class \u003cstrong\u003e4.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnarchism and Freedom: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAugustin Souchy\u003c\/em\u003e--A Life for Freedom; \u003cem\u003eMartin Buber\u003c\/em\u003e--In the Midst of Crisis; \u003cem\u003eRobert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaul Wolff\u003c\/em\u003e--Beyond the Legitimate State \u003cstrong\u003ePart II:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrand Narratives \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Nationalism and Beyond: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaurice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBarrés\u003c\/em\u003e--Scenes and Doctrines of Nationalism; \u003cem\u003eTheodor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHerzl\u003c\/em\u003e--The Jewish Question; \u003cem\u003eFrantz Fanon\u003c\/em\u003e--Concerning Violence; \u003cem\u003eMartha C. Nussbaum\u003c\/em\u003e--Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism \u003cstrong\u003e6. Democratic Socialism:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEduard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBernstein\u003c\/em\u003e--The Socialist Conception of Democracy; \u003cem\u003eRosa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuxemburg\u003c\/em\u003e--Democracy and Dictatorship; \u003cem\u003eCarlo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRosselli\u003c\/em\u003e--Liberal Socialism; \u003cem\u003eHenry M. Pachter\u003c\/em\u003e--Aphorisms on Socialism \u003cstrong\u003e7. Communism and Revolution: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eV.I.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eLenin\u003c\/em\u003e-- What is to Be Done?; \u003cem\u003eAntonio Gramsci\u003c\/em\u003e--The Revolution Against Capital; \u003cem\u003eJosef Stalin\u003c\/em\u003e--The Dictatorship of the Proletariat; \u003cem\u003eChe Guevara\u003c\/em\u003e--Building New Men \u003cstrong\u003e8. The Fascist World View:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBenito\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMussolini\u003c\/em\u003e--Fundamental Ideas; \u003cem\u003eJose Antonio Primo de\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRivera\u003c\/em\u003e--What the Falange Wants; \u003cem\u003eAdolf Hitler\u003c\/em\u003e--Nation and Race; \u003cem\u003eAndrew Macdonald\u003c\/em\u003e--Excerpts from The Turner Diaries \u003cstrong\u003e9. Religion and Politics: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMax Weber\u003c\/em\u003e--On the Tension Between Religion and Politics; \u003cem\u003eMohandas K. Gandhi\u003c\/em\u003e--The Doctrine of the Sword; \u003cem\u003eAyatollah Khomeini\u003c\/em\u003e--Islam and Revolution \u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Radical Voices \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10. Critical\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheory: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMax Horkheimer\u003c\/em\u003e--The State of Contemporary Social Philosophy and the Tasks of an Institute for Social Research; \u003cem\u003eFrederick Pollock\u003c\/em\u003e--State Capitalism: Its Possibilities and Limitations; \u003cem\u003eTheodor W. Adorno\u003c\/em\u003e--The Culture Industry Reconsidered; \u003cem\u003eHerbert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarcuse\u003c\/em\u003e--Liberation from the Affluent Society \u003cstrong\u003e11.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe African-American Heritage:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eW.E.B. Dubois\u003c\/em\u003e--Of Our Spiritual Strivings; \u003cem\u003eMartin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/em\u003e--Letter from a Birmingham Jail; \u003cem\u003eMalcolm X\u003c\/em\u003e--The Ballot or the Bullet; \u003cem\u003eCornel West\u003c\/em\u003e--Nihilism in Black America \u003cstrong\u003e12. Gendered\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExperiences: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSimone de Beauvoir\u003c\/em\u003e--Introduction to The Second Sex; \u003cem\u003eCarole Pateman\u003c\/em\u003e--The End of the Story?; \u003cem\u003eCatharine A. MacKinnon\u003c\/em\u003e--Difference and Dominance: On Sex Discrimination; \u003cem\u003eAudre Lorde\u003c\/em\u003e--The Master's Tools \u003cstrong\u003e13.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePostmodern Perspectives: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJean-François Lyotard\u003c\/em\u003e--The Postmodern; \u003cem\u003eJudith Butler\u003c\/em\u003e--Contingent Foundations; \u003cem\u003eEdward\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eW. 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