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What is Political Theory and Why Do We Need It? (Collected Essays),Used
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Review "Rajeev Bhargava is one of a very small number of political theorists who can write with equal cogency and clarity about high theoretical issues and hard political questions. He is consistently enlightening (and a pleasure to read), whether he is discussing holism, objectivity, and teleology or multiculturalism, censorship, truth commissions, and 9/11."Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study "A fine collection of insightful essays, each probing its chosen subject from a particular angle and all collectively offering a systematic and coherent perspective on India and modernity in general. It represents political philosophy at its best and brings a distinctly Indian perspective to the heavily ethnocentric Western political theory."Bhikhu Parekh, Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy, Universities of Westminster and Hull "Rajeev Bhargava's work offers a rare combination of incisive conceptual analysis and a real familiarity with the problems on the ground that political theory is supposed to illuminate. Add to this his grasp of the difference in civilizational context between India and the West, and you have the key to this varied and wideranging collection, full of interesting and important insights, some of which have already helped shape the international discussion on such key topics as the nature of secularism. An important contribution to contemporary political theory." Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, McGill University Product Description Political theory is widely seen in India as an esoteric inquiry unrelated to social and political practice and largely irrelevant to the urgent or enduring problems of our times. Contrary to this view, Rajeev Bhargava argues that it emerges from practices and has the potential to return to themto stabilize, endorse, or challenge them. In this book, he explains the constitutive features of political theory and the pivotal role it can play in modern, pluralist societies. Bhargava elucidates the conceptual structure of secularism, multiculturalism, and socialism, identifying which forms of each of these are worth defending and why. He shows how politicomoral reasoning can shape appropriate responses to the grave injustice of states and communitiescolonialism, civil wars, massacres, acts of terrorism, and denials of freedom of expression. He opposes naive articulations of modernity and tradition and claims that some types of deeply religious and secular persons can come together against dangerously simpleminded believers and unbelievers. He also explores deeper issues in the philosophy of social scienceindividualism, ethnocentrism, teleology, social ontology, and the objectlike presence of social meanings. About the Author Rajeev Bhargava is Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi.
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