What is Political Theory and Why Do We Need It? (Collected Essays)

Bhargava, Rajeev

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ISBN 10: 0195699335 ISBN 13: 9780195699333

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Title

What is Political Theory and Why Do We Need It? (Collected Essays)

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2010

Language

English

ISBN 10

0195699335

ISBN 13

9780195699333

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

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Very Good

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In this collection of essays, Bhargava answers important questions related to Political Theory and its aims. The aim of political theory, he says, is not only to clear up conceptual muddles but to reason systematically and ethically about some of the major social and political problems we face, to illuminate which ethical values are relevant to the context and why, and to give some direction to what we should do. Using the tools of political theory, he tells us the value and dangers of multiculturalism, the significance of political secularism in religiously diverse societies, the continuing relevance of some socialist ideas and explains why modernity must not be viewed only as a monolithic, homogenizing process.

What is Political Theory and Why Do We Need It? asks what, if any, the cultural injustices of colonialism are and how we should respond to them, assesses the value of institutions such as Truth and Reconciliation in societies that have gone through violence and injustice on a massive scale, argues why it is urgent to jettison stereotypes of one another held by religious and secular persons, clarifie the importance of free expression in democratic societies, and how the state should act amidst growing intolerance and offers a morally complex reflection on 9/11. The book also includes philosophical essays on the methodology of social science.

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Rajeev Bhargava is Director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in India.

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