Political Categories: Thinking Beyond Concepts

by Michael Marder

Book Overview

Western philosophy has been dominated by the concept or the idea--the belief that there is one sovereign notion or singular principle that can make reality explicable and bring all that exists under its sway. In modern politics, this role is played by ideology. Left, right, or center, political schools of thought share a metaphysics of simplification. We internalize a dominant, largely unnoticeable framework, oblivious to complex, plural, and occasionally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231188692
• ISBN13: 9780231188692
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"