Ethnocentric Political Theory: The Pursuit of Flawed Universals

by Bhikhu Parekh and Bhikhu C. Parekh

Western political theory has many great strengths but also a few weaknesses. Among the latter should be included its ethnocentricity, its tendency to universalize the local. The political theorist makes universal statements about human beings, societies and states without making a close study of them, and about reason, tradition, human nature and moral ideals without appreciating how differently these are understood in different societies and traditions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030117073
• ISBN13: 9783030117078
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"