Rationalism in Politics

ISBN-13: 9781009204422 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Peter J. Steinberger

Opis

Argues for the discourse of truth-both 'factual' and 'rational'-as an essential and defining feature of political enterprise.

Recenzje

'Peter Steinberger's Rationalism in Politics makes an important bookend to Michael Oakeshott's famous work of the same title. Unlike Oakeshott, however, Steinberger believes that politics is a rational activity capable of evaluation by its proximity to truth. His attempt to reclaim political rationality pushes back against a range of historicist, post-modernist, and Heideggerian tendencies of modern philosophy. This is a bold and original work and will repay serious consideration.' Steven B. Smith, Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science, Yale University, and Author of Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes

Spis treści

1. Propositions and Practical Action; 2. Belief, Truth and Knowledge; 3. Rationalism in Politics.