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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2000
- Book Title
- Sustaining Affirmation
- ISBN
- 9780691050331
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691050333
ISBN-13
9780691050331
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1697157
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
173 Pages
Publication Name
Sustaining Affirmation : the Strengths of Weak Ontology in Political Theory
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Subject
Metaphysics, Political
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
1 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
00-021160
Reviews
This thoughtful and timely work consists of close engagements with four influential contemporary political thinkers. The book will be valuable for students of these thinkers, to the thinkers themselves, and to anyone interested in the question of how to think about morals and politics in these late modern times., A powerful vision of the world and a sustaining vision of what human beings can get from that world. It has been a long time since a book made me think and rethink so much. One could not ask for more. -- Simone Chambers, Constellations, A powerful vision of the world and a sustaining vision of what human beings can get from that world. It has been a long time since a book made me think and rethink so much. One could not ask for more., "This thoughtful and timely work consists of close engagements with four influential contemporary political thinkers. The book will be valuable for students of these thinkers, to the thinkers themselves, and to anyone interested in the question of how to think about morals and politics in these late modern times." --Richard E. Flathman, Journal of Politics, Sustaining Affirmation is a highly original project that is brilliantly executed and leaves recent political thought looking different than in any other of our current attempts to understand it., Sustaining Affirmationis a highly original project that is brilliantly executed and leaves recent political thought looking different than in any other of our current attempts to understand it. -- Morton Schoolman, American Political Science Review, This is an excellent and refreshing book whose brevity and modest tone belie its substantial achievement., "A timely contribution to the contemporary debates regarding democracy, pluralism, and the limits of political liberalism." --Brett T. Wilmot, The Journal of Religion, " Sustaining Affirmation is a highly original project that is brilliantly executed and leaves recent political thought looking different than in any other of our current attempts to understand it." --Morton Schoolman, American Political Science Review, This is an excellent and refreshing book whose brevity and modest tone belie its substantial achievement. -- Patchen Markell, Ethics, Sustaining Affirmationis a highly original project that is brilliantly executed and leaves recent political thought looking different than in any other of our current attempts to understand it., "This is an excellent and refreshing book whose brevity and modest tone belie its substantial achievement." --Patchen Markell, Ethics, Sustaining Affirmation is a highly original project that is brilliantly executed and leaves recent political thought looking different than in any other of our current attempts to understand it. -- Morton Schoolman, American Political Science Review, "A powerful vision of the world and a sustaining vision of what human beings can get from that world. It has been a long time since a book made me think and rethink so much. One could not ask for more."-- Simone Chambers, Constellations, "This thoughtful and timely work consists of close engagements with four influential contemporary political thinkers. The book will be valuable for students of these thinkers, to the thinkers themselves, and to anyone interested in the question of how to think about morals and politics in these late modern times."-- Richard E. Flathman, Journal of Politics, " Sustaining Affirmation is a highly original project that is brilliantly executed and leaves recent political thought looking different than in any other of our current attempts to understand it."-- Morton Schoolman, American Political Science Review, "A timely contribution to the contemporary debates regarding democracy, pluralism, and the limits of political liberalism."-- Brett T. Wilmot, The Journal of Religion, A timely contribution to the contemporary debates regarding democracy, pluralism, and the limits of political liberalism., This thoughtful and timely work consists of close engagements with four influential contemporary political thinkers. The book will be valuable for students of these thinkers, to the thinkers themselves, and to anyone interested in the question of how to think about morals and politics in these late modern times. -- Richard E. Flathman, Journal of Politics, A timely contribution to the contemporary debates regarding democracy, pluralism, and the limits of political liberalism. -- Brett T. Wilmot, The Journal of Religion, "This is an excellent and refreshing book whose brevity and modest tone belie its substantial achievement."-- Patchen Markell, Ethics, "A powerful vision of the world and a sustaining vision of what human beings can get from that world. It has been a long time since a book made me think and rethink so much. One could not ask for more." --Simone Chambers, Constellations
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
320/.01
Synopsis
In light of many recent critiques of Western modernity and its conceptual foundations, the problem of adequately justifying our most basic moral and political values looms large. Without recourse to traditional ontological or metaphysical foundations, how can one affirm--or sustain--a commitment to fundamentals? The answer, according to Stephen White, lies in a turn to "weak" ontology, an approach that allows for ultimate commitments but at the same time acknowledges their historical, contestable character. This turn, White suggests, is already underway. His book traces its emergence in a variety of quarters in political thought today and offers a clear and compelling account of what this might mean for our late modern self-understanding. As he elaborates the idea of weak ontology and the broad criteria behind it, White shows how these are already at work in the thought of contemporary writers of seemingly very different perspectives: George Kateb, Judith Butler, Charles Taylor, and William Connolly. Among these thinkers, often thought to be at odds, he exposes the commonalities that emerge around the idea of weak ontology.In its identification of a critical turn in political theory, and its nuanced explanation of that turn, his book both demonstrates and underscores the strengths of weak ontology., Presenting the idea of weak ontology and the broad criteria behind it, this title shows how these are already at work in the thought of contemporary writers of seemingly very different perspectives: George Kateb, Judith Butler, Charles Taylor, and William Connolly. This book both demonstrates and underscores the strengths of weak ontology., In light of many recent critiques of Western modernity and its conceptual foundations, the problem of adequately justifying our most basic moral and political values looms large. Without recourse to traditional ontological or metaphysical foundations, how can one affirm--or sustain--a commitment to fundamentals? The answer, according to Stephen White, lies in a turn to "weak" ontology, an approach that allows for ultimate commitments but at the same time acknowledges their historical, contestable character. This turn, White suggests, is already underway. His book traces its emergence in a variety of quarters in political thought today and offers a clear and compelling account of what this might mean for our late modern self-understanding. As he elaborates the idea of weak ontology and the broad criteria behind it, White shows how these are already at work in the thought of contemporary writers of seemingly very different perspectives: George Kateb, Judith Butler, Charles Taylor, and William Connolly. Among these thinkers, often thought to be at odds, he exposes the commonalities that emerge around the idea of weak ontology. In its identification of a critical turn in political theory, and its nuanced explanation of that turn, his book both demonstrates and underscores the strengths of weak ontology.
LC Classification Number
JA71.W457 2000
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