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The Terms of Political Discourse (Princeton Paperbacks)

The Terms of Political Discourse (Princeton Paperbacks)

by William E. Connolly (Author)

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Synopsis

William Connolly presents a lucid and concise defense of the thesis of essentially contested concepts that can well be read as a general introduction to political theory, as well as for its challenge to the prevailing understanding of political discourse. In Connolly's view, the language of politics is not a neutral medium that conveys ideas independently formed but an institutionalized structure of meanings that channels political thought and action in certain directions. In the new preface he pursues the implications of this perspective for a distinctive conception of ethics and democracy.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 280
 Edition: 3
 Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 23 Aug 1993
ISBN 10: 0691022232
ISBN 13: 9780691022239

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Winner of the 1999 Benjamin Evans Lippincott Award, American Political Science Association Connolly's arguments present a profound challenge to the link between political science and positivism, call into question our objective' understanding of American institutional life, and give us the beginnings of important new epistemological bases of understanding. --Cecil L. Eubanks, The Journal of Politics
Author Bio
William E. Connolly is Professor of Political Science at the Johns Hopkins University and the author of Identity/Difference: Democratic Negotiations of Political Paradox (Cornell).