Ralph D. Ellis, Norman J. Fischer, James B. Sauer

Foundations of Civic Engagement

Rethinking Social and Political Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

Foundations of Civic Engagement is a comprehensive survey and reassessment of the entire field of social and political philosophy. Suitable for use as a primary text for courses on political thought, this book explores the basic arguments of the most important historical and contemporary figures-including Ancient Greek, modern and contemporary theories of communitarianism, social contract, feminism, postmodernsim, Marxism, and theories of communicative actions-and offers a thematic critique and integration of these philosophies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780761835356
• ISBN-10: 0761835350
• Artikelnr.: 21043933

Autorenporträt

Ralph D. Ellis is a Full Professor at Clark-Atlanta University. He holds a M.S. in Public and Urban Affairs from Georgia State University, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Duquesne University. Dr. Ellis is an accomplished author with dozens of published articles and more than 10 published books, including Coherence and Verification in Ethics also from the University Press of America and Just Results from Georgetown University Press. Norman Fischer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Clark-Atlanta University. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Emory University and has published on both ancient and modern philosophy. James B. Sauer is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Theology at St. Mary's University. He holds a M.A. and Ph.D. in Ethics from Saint Paul University. He is editor of Philosophy in the Contemporary World and author of numerous books and articles on philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface
Chapter 2 1. Reopening Fundamental Questions
Chapter 3 2. Politics and Value Theory: A Complex Relationship
Chapter 4 3. Formative Concepts from Early Philosophers: Plato and
Aristotle
Chapter 5 4. Hobbes and the Origins of Modern Social Contract Theory
Chapter 6 5. Hobbesian Difficulties and Locke's Rights-Based Approach
Chapter 7 6. Social Contract Theories, Equality, and Liberty: Rousseau and
Kant
Chapter 8 7. The Normative Basis of Marxism
Chapter 9 8. Contemporary Thinking about Justice: Rawls and Nozick
Chapter 10 9. Contemporary Thinking about Justice: The Feminist Critique
Chapter 11 10. Justice as if Context Mattered: Communitarian Theories of
Justice
Chapter 12 11. Back to Impartiality and Beyond: European Voices in the
Justice Conversation
Chapter 13 12. The Postmodern Riposte: Contesting Universalism
Chapter 14 13. Privacy and the Public Life
Part 15 References
Part 16 Index
Part 17 About the Authors