Comparative Political Theory in Time and Place: Theory's Landscapes

ISBN-13: 9781137533203 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 220 str.

D. Kapust; H. Kinsella

Opis

This book explores comparative political theory through the study of a range of places and periods with contributions from a diverse group of scholars.

Spis treści

Introduction: Theory’s Landscapes

“The Abbasid ‘Circle of Justice’:Re-reading Ibn al-Muqaffa‘’s Letter on Companionship”

“Buddhism and International Law”

Proclaiming Sovereignty: Some Reflections from the Eighteenth-Century Philippines

Burke and Paine on the Origins of British Imperialism in India

Strategic Deployments: The Universal/Local Nexus in the Work of José Carlos 

The Jewish Gandhi Question orIch and Swa: Martin Buber and the Five Minute Mahatma

Radical Restorative Justice and the Practice of Listening: Lessons from South Africa

O autorze

Daniel J. Kapust is Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and the author of Republicanism, Rhetoric, and Roman Political Thought (2011). His work has appeared in journals such as the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, and Political Theory.

Helen M. Kinsella is Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and the author of The Image Before the Weapon (2011). Her work has appeared in journals such as Political Theory, Signs, and Review of International Studies.

Blurb

This book explores comparative political theory through the study of a range of places and periods with contributions from a diverse group of scholars. The volume builds on recent work in political theory, seeking to focus scholarly attention on non-Western thought in order to contribute to both political theory and our understanding of the modern globalized world. Featuring discussions of international law and imperialism, regions such as South Asia and Latin America, religions such as Buddhism and Islam, along with imperialism and revolution, the volume also includes an overview of comparative political theory. Contributing scholars deploy a variety of methodological and interpretive approaches, ranging from archival research to fieldwork to close studies of texts in the original language. The volume elucidates the pluralism and dissensus that characterizes both cross-national and intra-national political thought.