Essays in Political Philosophy

Edited by David Boucher
Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-0-19-823566-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 323 g

This book brings together for the first time R. G. Collingwood's political and related writings, in which he places political action in the context of action as a whole and addresses the substantive social and political issues - in particular Nazism and Fascism - which he perceived as a threat to European civilization. This is the first time that substantial philosophical arguments from the unpublished manuscripts have been reproduced since Malcolm Knox edited the posthumously published Idea of History.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collingwood, R. G.

Boucher, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part One: Political activity and the forms of practical reason; Editor's comments; Economics as a philosophical science; Goodness, caprice, and utility; Political action; Politics (1929); Politics (1933); Punishment and forgiveness; Punishment; Monks and morals; Duty; Part Two: Civilization and its enemies; Editor's comments; The present need of a philosophy; The rules of life; Translator's preface; Modern politics; Fascism and Nazism; The utilitarian civilization; The Prussian philosophy; The three laws of politics; Preface to The New Leviathan; Appendix one: Truth and contradiction; Appendix two: Letters to T. M. Knox from R. G. Collingwood; Index