{"product_id":"the-practice-of-political-theory-rorty-and-continental-thought","title":"THE PRACTICE OF POLITICAL THEORY: RORTY AND CONTINENTAL THOUGHT","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"58\" data-end=\"74\"\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"285\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"113\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"113\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"92\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rawat Publications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"142\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"142\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"127\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Clayton Chin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"168\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"168\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"158\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"195\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"195\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"183\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"196\" data-end=\"224\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"224\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"218\"\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 310\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"257\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"257\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"244\"\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11-06-2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"285\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"285\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"269\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9788131613818\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"305\"\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"839\"\u003eRecent political thought has faced a crisis in its philosophical foundations: how can we justify both the explicit and implicit normative claims that guide political decisions and social criticism? In \u003cstrong data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"544\"\u003eThe Practice of Political Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"562\"\u003eClayton Chin\u003c\/strong\u003e provides a critical reconstruction of \u003cstrong data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"620\"\u003eRichard Rorty’s\u003c\/strong\u003e work, offering an intervention in the ongoing methodological debates in political thought. Chin argues that Rorty offers valuable, yet often overlooked, tools for addressing key foundational issues in political theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"841\" data-end=\"1357\"\u003eThe book explores the significance of Rorty’s thought for contemporary political thinking, highlighting his concept of \"philosophy as cultural politics\" as a means for developing new models of sociopolitical criticism. Chin contrasts Rorty’s pragmatism with the ontological turn in philosophy, presenting them as alternative ways of addressing the current philosophical crisis in foundations. Additionally, Chin places Rorty in dialogue with continental philosophy, engaging with those who work within its tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1359\" data-end=\"1601\"\u003eFocused on both pragmatist scholarship and central issues in contemporary political theory, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1451\" data-end=\"1487\"\u003eThe Practice of Political Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e responds to the pressing questions of justification and pluralism that are central to modern political discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1603\" data-end=\"1615\"\u003eContents\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1617\" data-end=\"2333\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1617\" data-end=\"1790\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1619\" data-end=\"1659\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1619\" data-end=\"1659\"\u003ePart I: Rorty and Political Thinking\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1662\" data-end=\"1790\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1662\" data-end=\"1721\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1664\" data-end=\"1721\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1664\" data-end=\"1681\"\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Theory and Method: Reconstructing Rorty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1724\" data-end=\"1790\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1726\" data-end=\"1790\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1726\" data-end=\"1732\"\u003e1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Authority of the Social: A Pragmatic Ethos of Inquiry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1791\" data-end=\"2093\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1880\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1880\"\u003ePart II: Rorty and Continental Political Thought: Ontology, Naturalism, and History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1883\" data-end=\"2093\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1883\" data-end=\"1955\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1885\" data-end=\"1955\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1885\" data-end=\"1891\"\u003e2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Theorizing After Foundations: Ontology, Language, and Heidegger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1958\" data-end=\"2019\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1960\" data-end=\"2019\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1960\" data-end=\"1966\"\u003e3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reconstructing Naturalism: Pragmatic or Ontological?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2022\" data-end=\"2093\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2024\" data-end=\"2093\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2024\" data-end=\"2030\"\u003e4.\u003c\/strong\u003e History and Modernity: Self-Assertion and Critical Reflexivity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2094\" data-end=\"2333\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2096\" data-end=\"2185\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2096\" data-end=\"2185\"\u003ePart III: Rorty and Contemporary Political Theory: Pragmatic Sociopolitical Criticism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2188\" data-end=\"2333\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2188\" data-end=\"2265\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2190\" data-end=\"2265\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2190\" data-end=\"2196\"\u003e5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Pragmatic Political Thinking and Contemporary Critical Social Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2268\" data-end=\"2333\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2270\" data-end=\"2333\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2270\" data-end=\"2276\"\u003e6.\u003c\/strong\u003e How Pragmatism Constrains and Enables Political Thinking\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2335\" data-end=\"2355\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2357\" data-end=\"2602\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2357\" data-end=\"2373\"\u003eClayton Chin\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Melbourne. He specializes in contemporary political philosophy, with particular focus on the intersections of pragmatism, critical theory, and continental philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rawat Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49992579612976,"sku":"DRG.RawatPublications_9788131613818","price":1297.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81bIl8m7gDL.jpg?v=1756465137","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/the-practice-of-political-theory-rorty-and-continental-thought","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}