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The Primacy of Persons in Politics: Empiricism and Political Philosophy
Edited by John von Heyking, Edited by Thomas Heilke
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What is the nature of political activity? This question has vexed political thinkers since Plato wrote Statesman and remains challenging today. Contemporary intellectual categories obstruct individuals from understanding politics as a distinct species of activity with its own realm of expertise, modes and ends. Instead politics is poorly directed by notions of achieving a complete or final end of affairs. It tends to be conflated with other types of activities and realms of life, including economics, power-seeking, and law and procedure. As a result, politics often is untethered from morality. Taking as their departure point the political-philosophical analyses of German scholar Tilo Schabert, the philosophical and empirical essays in this volume invite the reader to move beyond the sterile dichotomy of political activity as either pure will or as folded into a more manageable activity. The contributors argue that politics is a highly creative human activity that eludes capture within a final and static analytical framework, concluding that ethical political action is indeed part of the essence of politics.
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Publisher | The Catholic University of America Press
Published date | 30 Apr 2013
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 336
Dimensions | 223 x 147 x 27mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 598g
ISBN | 978-0-8132-2123-6
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BISAC | philosophy / political
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