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Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought - Expanded Edition
Sheldon S. Wolin
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Description for Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought - Expanded Edition
Paperback. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 792 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 54. Weight in Grams: 814.
Politics and Vision is a landmark work by one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century. This is a significantly expanded edition of one of the greatest works of modern political theory. Sheldon Wolin's Politics and Vision inspired and instructed two generations of political theorists after its appearance in 1960. Substantially expanded for republication in 2004, it is both a sweeping survey of Western political thought and a powerful account of contemporary predicaments of power and democracy. In lucid and compelling prose, Sheldon Wolin offers original, subtle, and often surprising interpretations of political theorists from Plato to Rawls. Situating ... Read more
Politics and Vision is a landmark work by one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century. This is a significantly expanded edition of one of the greatest works of modern political theory. Sheldon Wolin's Politics and Vision inspired and instructed two generations of political theorists after its appearance in 1960. Substantially expanded for republication in 2004, it is both a sweeping survey of Western political thought and a powerful account of contemporary predicaments of power and democracy. In lucid and compelling prose, Sheldon Wolin offers original, subtle, and often surprising interpretations of political theorists from Plato to Rawls. Situating ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Princeton Classics
Condition
New
Weight
813g
Number of Pages
792
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691174051
SKU
V9780691174051
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About Sheldon S. Wolin
Sheldon S. Wolin (1922-2015) was professor emeritus of politics at Princeton University. He taught political theory for forty years and was the founding editor of the journal Democracy. Wendy Brown is Class of 1936 First Chair of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.
Reviews for Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought - Expanded Edition
Winner of the 2006 David and Elaine Spitz Prize, Conference for the Study of Political Thought [T]he original edition ... provided the most impressive synoptic interpretation of politics by any recent Western thinker. Measured, assured, and resolutely independent, it was also wonderfully lacking in self-importance... [T]hat first book remains just as illuminating and every bit as imposing; but it ... Read more