Political philosophy versus history? contextualism and real politics in contemporary political thought - Floyd, Jonathan 1980-; Stears, Marc (Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 2011)
The challenge of contextualism -- REscuing political theory from the tyranny of history/ Paul Kelly -- From historical contextualism to mentalism to behaviour/ Jonathan Floyd -- Contingency and judgement in history of political: a phenomenological approach/ Bruce Haddock -- Political philosophy and the dead hand of its history/ Gordon Graham -- The challenge of realism- politics, political theory and its history/ Lain Hampshermonk --Constraint, freedom, and exemplar: history and theory without teleology/ Melissa Lane -- History and reality: idealist pathologies and Harvard School remedies/ Andrew Sabl -- The new realism: from modus vivendi to justice/ Bonnie Honig and Marc Stears -- Relative value and assorted historical lessons: an afterword/ Jonathan Floyd.
Includes index.
Keywords: Political science -- Philosophy