John G. Gunnell: History, Discourses and Disciplines

ISBN-13: 9781032097510 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 270 str.

Christopher C. Robinson

Opis

Drawing together some of the key works of this prolific theorist, the chapters are chosen to highlight some of the most important themes explored by Gunnell: the relationship between Political Theory and Political Science; the alienation of Political Theory from Politics and Concepts and Conceptual Change.

Spis treści

Introduction: Christopher C. Robinson

PART I

Political Theory and Political Science

1 Deduction, Explanation, and Social Scientific Inquiry (1969)

2 The Alienation of Political Theory (1986)

3 American Political Science, Liberalism, and the Invention of Political Theory (1988)

PART II

Interpretation and Action

4 Political Theory and the Theory of Action (1981)

5 Interpretation and the History of Political Theory: Apology and Epistemology (1982)

6 Interpretation and the Autonomy of Concepts (2011)

Part III

Theorists, Philosophers and Political Life

7 Why There Cannot Be a Theory of Politics (1997)

8 Speaking Politically (1998)

9 Reading Max Weber: Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin (2004)

10 ‘Leaving everything as it is’: Political Inquiry after Wittgenstein (2013)

An interview with John G. Gunnell:
Questions from Christopher C. Robinson

O autorze

Christopher C. Robinson is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. He has published in the fields of contemporary political theory, the philosophy of language, and environmental political thought.