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Vocations of political theory
Title
Vocations of political theory [electronic resource] / Jason A. Frank and John Tambornino, editors.
ISBN
0816635374 (hc)
0816635382 (pbk.)
9780816635382
9780816691364
Published
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.
Physical Description
xxvi, 336 p. ; 24 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale Community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 04, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. 1. Invoking political theory. Political theory : from vocation to invocation / Sheldon S. Wolin
pt. 2. Theorizing loss. Specters and angels at the end of history / Wendy Brown
The politics of nostalgia and theories of loss / J. Peter Euben
pt. 3. Thinking in time. Can theorists make time for belief? / Russell Arben Fox
The history of political thought as a vocation : a pragmatist defense / David Paul Mandell
pt. 4. The politics of ordinary life. Political theory for losers / Thomas L. Dumm
Feminism's flight from the ordinary / Linda M. B. Zerilli
pt. 5. Political knowledge. Conceptions of science in political theory : a tale of cloaks and daggers / Mark B. Brown
Political theory as a provocation : an ethos of political theory / Lon Troyer
Gramsci, organic intellectuals, and cultural studies : lessons for political theorists? / Shane Gunster
pt. 6. Practicing political theory. Reading the body : hobbes, body politics, and the task of political theory / Samantha Frost
Work, shame, and the chain gang : the new civic education / Jill Locke
The nobility of democracy / William E. Connolly.
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