Book review: J. Judd Owen: Making Religion Safe for Democracy: Transformation from Hobbes to Tocqueville. by Bejan, T

“…And, perhaps even more pressing for those of our profession, as Owen puts it in the introduction: “Is political theory, and in particular liberal political theory, as we find it today capable of responding, or even grasping what is at stake"?…”

Exiting the State and Debunking the State of Nature by Robert Hanna

“…In this paper, I distinguish sharply between two concepts of enlightenment, enlightenment lite and heavy duty or radical enlightement ; show how there is an unbridgeable gap between Kant’s official political theory in The Doctrine of Right and his ethics; show how Kant’s real political theory is worked out in Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason, and is in fact a heavy-duty, radically enlightened version of anarchism; refute and debunk widely-believed Hobbesian assumptions about human nature, which are in fact nothing but cognitive illusions; and propose a de-biasing strategy in political aesthetics for ridding ourselves of these Hobbesian cognitive illusions.…”
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Realism against legitimacy: for a radical, action-oriented political realism by Bagg, S

“…Many who seek a more “realistic” or “political” approach to political theory replace the familiar orientation towards a state of (perfect) justice with a structurally similar orientation towards a state of (sufficient) legitimacy. …”

Cognitive dimensions of politics: relativism and rationalism by Murray Faure

“…Claims that posit such linkages have permeated political theory as well as the philosophy of science for many decades. …”
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Cognitive dimensions of politics: relativism and rationalism by Murray Faure

“…Claims that posit such linkages have permeated political theory as well as the philosophy of science for many decades. …”
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Iranian Festivals and Political Discourse under the Abbasids by Borroni, Massimiliano

“…At the same time, incompatibility or competition between them and Islamic political theory remained merely exceptional. …”
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Between Critical and Normative Theory by Bagg, S

“…Over the last decade, a call for greater “realism” in political theory has challenged the goals and methods that are implicit in much contemporary “normative” theory. …”

Ideas, Ideologies and Public Consent: Introducing the Issue by Vladimir A. Gutorov, Alexander A. Shirinyants, Daria B. Kazarinova

“…It has had a great influence on the political institutions of many modern states and has been a major factor in the direction that political theory has taken since 1600. In the second half of the 20th century, two approaches prevailed in political theory, within the framework of which the process of formation of the consensus tradition: personal and historical ones. …”
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State of play. Play and game in 20th century political thought. by Kaput, R

“…<p>This dissertation aims to make a contribution to our understanding of the 20th century political theory of play. Particularly in the 20th century, play and game analogies become ever more influential in political theory. …”

Penggabungan Teori Konflik Strukturalist- Non - Marxist dan Teori Fungsionalisme Struktural - Talcott Parsons: (Upaya Menemukan Model Teori Sosial-Politik Alternatif sebagai Resol... by Ismail Ismail

“…The convergence of the two theories between non-Marxist structuralist conflict theory and Talcott Parsons’ functionalism structuralist one contributes to an alternative model of social political theory used as conflict resolution and crime in Indonesia.The mentioned theories could not be optimally applied in terms of political government system in Indonesia.Without the convergence of the two political theories, it is urgent to seek for a particular political theory accommodated the pluralistic society in Indonesian condition. …”
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Radically Reasonable Politics: Animals Rights and Liberal Democracy by Nina Varsava

“…Donaldson, Sue, and Will Kymlicka. Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2011. 329 pp. $29.95 hc. …”
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Republican Citizenship, Nationality and Europe by Miller, D

“…In Republicanism and Political Theory…”

Nested governance for effective REDD+: Institutional and political arguments by Prakash Kashwan, Robert Holahan

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Locke on Prerogative by Philipp Schönegger, Henrik Sætra

“…His work has been (ab)used by those arguing from libertarian, democratic, communitarian, socialist, feminist, or postcolonial points of view, either portraying him as a forefather of their preferred political theory or as an antagonist to their avowed political and philosophical goals. …”
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Confucian justification of leadership democracy: a distinction between Confucian ethics and politics by Jin, Y

“…</p> <p>In light of the dispute over textual interpretations, I situate my work in the emerging field of Confucian political theory that attempts to interpret and revamp Confucianism in light of modern political vocabularies and changing social contexts. …”

Professor Alex Callinicos by Ali Saqer

“…He conducts research on Marx and Marxism, European social and political theory, contemporary political philosophy, critical theory, historiography, and international political economy. …”
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Violence and Care: Fanon and the Ethics of Care on Harm, Trauma, and Repair by Maggie FitzGerald

“…The ethics of care, on the other hand, does not seem to sit well with violence, and thus Fanon’s political theory more generally. Care ethics is concerned with everything we do to maintain and repair our worlds as well as reasonably possible. …”
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Pride and virtue in the political thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Thévenon, D

“…After further exploring Rousseau's conception of <em>vertu</em>, and insisting upon the ambitiousness of his moral theory, the thesis argues that Rousseau's political theory differs from it in "taking men as they are", and starting from the assumption that men are driven by their passions. …”

Political Philosophy for Earthlings by Miller, D

“…In Political Theory: Methods and Approaches…”

Recognition as Fact and Norm by McNay, L

“…In Political Theory: Methods and Approaches…”