Politics and the Concept of the Political: The Political Imagination

by James Wiley

Book Overview

A recent trend in contemporary western political theory is to criticize it for implicitly trying to "conquer," "displace" or "moralize" politics. James Wiley's book takes the "next step," from criticizing contemporary political theory, to showing what a more "politics-centered" political theory would look like by exploring the meaning and value of politics in the writings of Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, Paul Ricoeur, Hannah Arendt, Sheldon Wolin, Claude...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138185825
• ISBN13: 9781138185821
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"