Making the Political: Founding and Action in the Political Theory of Zhang Shizhao

ISBN-13: 9781108463645 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 296 str.

Leigh K. Jenco

Opis

Uses the work of Zhang Shizhao, a famous Chinese thinker, to challenge democratic views about the origins of social change.

Recenzje

'This is an original and important piece of work that addresses a range of debates in political theory today relating to political agency, democratization, and the construction of political community. Leigh K. Jenco brings distinctive perspective to these questions and fruitfully models the practice of comparative political theory. In both its substance and its methods, the book breaks new ground.' Sharon R. Krause, Brown University, Rhode Island

Spis treści

Part I. Introduction: 1. Making the political; 2. Zhang Shizhao and his world; Part II. Founding: 3. The founding paradox; 4. 'Rule by man' and 'rule by law'; 5. Public, private, and the political; Part III. Action: 6. Self-awareness; 7. The self-use of talent; 8. Accommodation; Conclusion: a return to beginnings.