Condren The Status and Appraisal of Classic Texts

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5364-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

Conal Condren examines the criteria for judging both works of political theory and texts associated with related academic genres. He discusses the rhetoric surrounding terms like originality," "influence," and "coherence," the value of these terms as criteria of textual assessment, and their use in charting the history of texts.

Originally published in 1985.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Condren, Conal

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
PREFACE, pg. ix
ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xiii
Introduction, pg. 2
CHAPTER 1. Methodology: Its Character and Significance, pg. 17
CHAPTER 2. Political Theory, Its Conventional Structure, the Issue-Orthodoxy, and the Assessment of Texts, pg. 34
CHAPTER 3. Political Theory and the Faith in a Tradition of Classic Texts, pg. 57
Introduction, pg. 80
CHAPTER 4. Originality, pg. 92
CHAPTER 5. Contribution and Influence, pg. 119
CHAPTER 6. Coherence, pg. 142
Introduction, pg. 166
CHAPTER 7. Ambiguity: Delineation and Typology, pg. 171
CHAPTER 8. Ambiguity: Generation and Context, pg. 209
CHAPTER 9. Towards an Explanation of Classic Status, pg. 253
APPENDIX. Intention, Text, Audience, and Objectivity, pg. 286
INDEX, pg. 295