Kenneth W. Thompson, the Prophet of Norms

Thought and Practice
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-30178-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 207 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 3845 g

Reihe: The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought

The aim of this book is to capture, the international thought and practice of Kenneth W. Thompson. His career embodied three roles in which he revealed his thoughts and practice: as a facilitator of space for encouraging debates, scholarship and practice; as an educator; and most importantly as a theorist of international relations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rajaee, F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A Profile 2. Theory and Practice 3. Exercising Practice 4. Education and Universities 5. Practicing Education 6. Politics and International Relations 7. Practicing Statecraft 8. Summation

Über Autor(innen)

Professor of Political Science and Humanities specializing in political theory and non-Western traditions, particularly Modern Political Thought in Islam. He obtained a BA degree in political science from the University of Tehran in 1975, an MA in public administration from the University of Oklahoma in 1977, and a PhD in foreign Affairs in 1983 from the University of Virginia. From 1986 to 1996 he was a Professor at the University of Tehran, the Iranian Academy of Philosophy, and Beheshti (National) University. In 1990-91, he was a fellow at St. Antony s College, Oxford, in 1996 a research fellow at Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, and a visiting Professor in Summer 2001 at Shawnee State University, Ohio. In his research, he concentrates on identity and the human condition through an understanding of the political, in both Western and non-Western traditions. His major works Moshkeleye Hoviyat-e Iranian Emruz. (The Problematique of the Contemporary Iranian Identity, 2004 and 2005) and