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Canto original series: Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future
John Dunn
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Description for Canto original series: Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future
paperback. Demonstrates that the major traditions of thought from which the political values of the modern West have emerged are all, in crucial respects, incoherent or flawed. Series: Canto Original Series. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 212.
John Dunn's Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future demonstrates that the major traditions of thought from which the political values of the modern West have emerged are all, in the light of recent world history, in crucial respects incoherent or flawed. This second edition underlines the drastic changes in the challenges which face the world, in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse and the end of the Cold War, stressing the ever tighter linking of the global economy with the ecology in which we live, and the problems which this poses for the survival of civilisation. ... Read more
John Dunn's Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future demonstrates that the major traditions of thought from which the political values of the modern West have emerged are all, in the light of recent world history, in crucial respects incoherent or flawed. This second edition underlines the drastic changes in the challenges which face the world, in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse and the end of the Cold War, stressing the ever tighter linking of the global economy with the ecology in which we live, and the problems which this poses for the survival of civilisation. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Canto Original Series
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521437554
SKU
9780521437554
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Reviews for Canto original series: Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future
From reviews of the first edition: 'He has begun to show cogently in a quite new way why conventional political theory is now a subject of great political relevance. He does so in a short book of immense learning, carefully organised around a central argument.' Alisdair MacIntyre, he London Review of Books 'Filled with thought-provoking challenges to many accepted views ... Read more