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Thinking Past a Problem
Professor King's concept of the philosophy of history leads him to offer this demonstration of the incoherence, even absurdity, of the notion that the past can have nothing to teach us - whether posed by those who argue that history is "unique" or that it is merely "contextual".
Preston King
This book celebrates the remarkable career of Dr. Preston King, an African American political philosopher with an international reputation. The chapters in this volume explore History, Toleration, and Friendship, as three seminal themes running through Preston King's sizeable oeuvre.
Friendship in Politics
Previously published as a special issue of the Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy, this volume throws light on the place of friendship in politics by connecting theoretical questions to empirical answers. Today, friendship and politics are most commonly viewed as distinct and mutually opposed concerns. Politics tends to be seen as general and impersonal, to do with power and hierarchy. Friendship, by contrast, is conceived as particular and intimate, relating to equality and fraternity. Ancient Greek and Roman thought tended to bring the two together, locating friendship as the moral foundation of the political. But is this view sound? Ought not Friendship to be dismissed by moderns as primitive, inefficient, nepotistic (Freud)? Or ought it to be promoted as a vital moral constraint on power and the consuming egotism of rulers (Plutarch and others)? The contributors seek to answer these questions, directly and indirectly, by supplying: analyses of the concept critical reconstructions of some crucial modern accounts (Kierkegaard, Arendt and Schmitt) concrete accounts of the actual play of friendship both within and between states.
Toleration
Why should we be tolerant? What does it mean to ‘live and let live’? What ought to be tolerated and what not? Up-and-coming author, Catriona McKinnon presents a comprehensive, yet accessible introduction to toleration in her new book. Divided into two parts, the first clearly introduces and assesses the major theoretical accounts of toleration, examining it in light of challenges from scepticism, value pluralism and reasonableness. The second part applies the theories of toleration to contemporary debates such as female circumcision, French Headscarves, artistic freedom, pornography and censorship, and holocaust denial. Drawing on the work of philosophers, such as Locke, Mill and Rawls, whose theories are central to toleration, the book provides a solid theoretical base to those who value toleration, whilst considering the challenges toleration faces in practice. It is the ideal starting point for those coming to the topic for the first time, as well as anyone interested in the challenges facing toleration today.
Value of Tolerance
A companion volume to Preston King's Toleration, this title makes the distinction between toleration and tolerance, and demonstrates tolerance's place within our moral code.
Federalism and Federation
This study of federalism and federation dissects certain problems which have arisen in the description and analysis of the federal form of government. The author does this by applying logical analysis to the necessary elements in the notion of federal union federalism as the expression of a political ideology or ideologies, and federation as an institution or pattern of institutions.
Trusting in Reason
Martin Hollis (d.1998) was arguably the most incisive, eloquent and witty philosopher of the social sciences of his time. His work is appreciated and contested here by some of the most eminent of contemporary social theorists. Hollis's philosophy of social action routinely distinguished between understanding (rational) and explanation (causal). He argued that the aptest account of human interaction was to be made in terms of the first. Thus he focused upon the human reasons, for, rather than upon the natural causes of, action. This volume, for the first time, brings together important essays on the work of Hollis, from many different perspectives. These include politics, sociology and economics in general; international relations, rational choice theory, constitutionalism and the rule of law as well as current concerns with relativism, Rousseauist contractarianism, 'dirty hands' and 'buck-passing'.
The Study of Politics
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Fear of Power
This is a reprint of a 1967 title. Preston King examines the views of Alexis de Tocqueville, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and George Sorel. He chooses them as among the most important representatives of anti-statis thought in France over the last 150 years. As representatives of anti-statism in France they adequeately represent anti-statism and a fear of power in general. He analyses them partly because of their statism and a fear of power in general. He analyses them partly because of their dissimilarities - as liberals, socialists an anarcho-syndicalists - which permits him to compare them not so much from the perspective of ideological continuity, but from that of a common approach and a basic, shared assumption. This assumption is that power is inherently evil. And the approach that entails is one which reveals an almost exclusive concern with the question, how much power governments should wield in general. He critically examines this approach in the work of these men together with the assumption about the nature of power upon which it rests. that it is inadequate as a distinct but parallel approach which advocates a generalised love and adoration of power.
Socialism and the Common Good
In this collection, contributors discuss a central theme which is both theoretical and practical - the role of the state in achieving social justice in modern market systems from a socialist perspective. They reject the cult of choice and of rational egoism.
